Carbon nanotube membranes for desalination and water purification: Challenges and opportunities

S Kar, RC Bindal, PK Tewari - Nano today, 2012 - Elsevier
The importance as well as impact of application of carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes in
the area of water technology development is tremendous. A substantial amount of work have …

Graphene materials in pollution trace detection and environmental improvement

R Singh, MS Samuel, M Ravikumar, S Ethiraj… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a pressing issue experienced in numerous countries and is expected to
become increasingly critical in the future. Anthropogenic activities such as mining …

Synthesis of aligned carbon nanotubes

CM Seah, SP Chai, AR Mohamed - Carbon, 2011 - Elsevier
Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (ACNTs) are bundles of carbon nanotubes oriented
perpendicular to a substrate, and horizontally aligned CNTs are parallel to the substrate …

Composite nanofloral clusters of carbon nanotubes and activated alumina: An efficient sorbent for heavy metal removal

N Sankararamakrishnan, M Jaiswal, N Verma - Chemical Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grown over Fe-and Ni-doped activated alumina (AA) by
chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and washed with acid to produce nanofloral clusters …

Performance enhancement of carbon nanomaterials for supercapacitors

AM Saleem, V Desmaris… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, and graphene are
exploited extensively due to their unique electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties and …

A review on organic–inorganic hybrid nanocomposite membranes: A versatile tool to overcome the barriers of forward osmosis

W Sun, J Shi, C Chen, N Li, Z Xu, J Li, H Lv, X Qian… - RSC …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Forward osmosis (FO) processes have recently attracted increasing attention and show
great potential as a low-energy separation technology for water regeneration and seawater …

Novel synthesis of self-assembled CNT microcapsules by O/W Pickering emulsions

W Chen, X Liu, Y Liu, HI Kim - Materials Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Novel carbon nanotube microcapsules were prepared by oil in water (O/W) Pickering
emulsions without any surfactant used. The oxygen plasma treatment introduced several …

Alignment of carbon nanotubes by magnetic fields and aqueous dispersion

BK Jang, Y Sakka, SK Woo - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Homogeneous dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in aqueous solution
was achieved using several dispersants. The most efficacious dispersant was …

Influence of shape and size on the alignment of multi-wall carbon nanotubes under magnetic fields

BK Jang, Y Sakka - Materials Letters, 2009 - Elsevier
The influence of the shape and size of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the alignment of multi-
wall CNTs was investigated. A CNT suspension with polyethylenimine (PEI) added as a …

Carbon nanocages as heavy metal ion adsorbents

DM Burke, JP O'Byrne, PG Fleming, D Borah… - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
Heavy metal ion contamination in drinking water poses a major risk to human health, whilst
contamination in wastewater streams can cause damage to the wider environment. In this …