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Phenol adsorption on closed carbon nanotubes
Agnieszka Pacholczyk1, Artur P Terzyk, Marek Wiśniewski
1Department of Chemistry, N. Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
Abstract:
We present the results of systematic studies of phenol adsorption on closed commercially available, unmodified carbon nanotubes. Phenol adsorption is determined by the value of tube-specific surface area, the presence of small amount of surface groups influence adsorption only in very small amount. Phenol can be applied as a probe molecule for comparative analysis of tube surface areas. Tube curvature influences adsorption from solution, i.e., we observe increasing adsorption energy (and slower desorption process) with the decrease in tube curvature. This is in full accordance with molecular simulation results.
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