Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

Carbon nanotubes and related nanomaterials: critical advances and challenges for synthesis toward mainstream commercial applications

R Rao, CL Pint, AE Islam, RS Weatherup, S Hofmann… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Advances in the synthesis and scalable manufacturing of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs) remain critical to realizing many important commercial applications. Here we …

Application-driven carbon nanotube functional materials

Y Wu, X Zhao, Y Shang, S Chang, L Dai, A Cao - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotube functional materials (CNTFMs) represent an important research field in
transforming nanoscience and nanotechnology into practical applications, with potential …

Functional liquid crystals towards the next generation of materials

T Kato, J Uchida, T Ichikawa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of the liquid‐crystalline state in 1888, liquid crystal science has made
great advances through fusion with various technologies and disciplines. Recently, new …

A comprehensive review on micropollutants removal using carbon nanotubes-based adsorbents and membranes

FSA Khan, NM Mubarak, M Khalid, YH Tan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals, steroids, personal care products, and disruptive endocrine substances are
increasingly being used for healthcare objectives and to improve living conditions, resulting …

Extremely black vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays for solar steam generation

Z Yin, H Wang, M Jian, Y Li, K Xia… - … Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The unique structure of a vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) array makes it
behave most similarly to a blackbody. It is reported that the optical absorptivity of an …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs): a potential nanomaterial for water purification

B Arora, P Attri - Journal of Composites Science, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been used as an excellent material
for catalysis, separation, adsorption and disinfection processes. CNTs have grabbed the …

Activated carbon, carbon nanotubes and graphene: materials and composites for advanced water purification

MJ Sweetman, S May, N Mebberson, P Pendleton… - C, 2017 - mdpi.com
To ensure the availability of clean water for humans into the future, efficient and cost-
effective water purification technology will be required. The rapidly decreasing quality of …

Fluorine-free waterborne coating for environmentally friendly, robustly water-resistant, and highly breathable fibrous textiles

J Zhao, W Zhu, X Wang, L Liu, J Yu, B Ding - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Waterproof and breathable membranes (WBMs) with simultaneous environmental
friendliness and high performance are highly desirable in a broad range of applications; …

Fast water transport through subnanometer diameter vertically aligned carbon nanotube membranes

DC Yang, RJ Castellano, RP Silvy, SK Lageshetty… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Small-diameter carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have outstanding mass-transport properties,
especially enhanced water flow. Here, we report on water transport through the first …