Heavy metal removal from aqueous solution by advanced carbon nanotubes: critical review of adsorption applications

A Abbas, AM Al-Amer, T Laoui, MJ Al-Marri… - Separation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The scarcity of water, especially in arid and semi-arid regions of the world is exerting great
pressure on resources and establishing more need to provide good quality water for human …

Carbon nanotubes as adsorbents in environmental pollution management: a review

X Ren, C Chen, M Nagatsu, X Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have aroused widespread attention as a new type of adsorbents
due to their outstanding ability for the removal of various inorganic and organic pollutants …

A novel bimetallic Fe-Cu-CNT catalyst for effective catalytic wet peroxide oxidation: reaction optimization and mechanism investigation

Y Yang, M Liu, X You, Y Li, H Lin, JP Chen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of organic wastewater is of great importance and can be carried out by
catalysis technologies such as catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO). A novel bimetallic …

A nanomechanical mass sensor with yoctogram resolution

J Chaste, A Eichler, J Moser, G Ceballos… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Nanomechanical resonators have been used to weigh cells, biomolecules and gas
molecules,,,, and to study basic phenomena in surface science, such as phase transitions …

Carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in catalysis

P Serp, M Corrias, P Kalck - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2003 - Elsevier
This review analyses the literature from the early 1990s until the beginning of 2003 and
covers the use of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and nanofibers as catalysts and catalysts …

Interlayer cohesive energy of graphite from thermal desorption of polyaromatic hydrocarbons

R Zacharia, H Ulbricht, T Hertel - Physical Review B, 2004 - APS
We have studied the interaction of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with the basal plane
of graphite using thermal desorption spectroscopy. Desorption kinetics of benzene …

Noncovalent interactions of molecules with single walled carbon nanotubes

DA Britz, AN Khlobystov - Chemical Society Reviews, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
In this critical review we survey non-covalent interactions of carbon nanotubes with
molecular species from a chemical perspective, particularly emphasising the relationship …

Diffusion limited photoluminescence quantum yields in 1-D semiconductors: single-wall carbon nanotubes

T Hertel, S Himmelein, T Ackermann, D Stich… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Photoluminescence quantum yields and nonradiative decay of the excitonic S1 state in
length fractionated (6, 5) single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are studied by continuous …

An overview of carbon nanotubes role in heavy metals removal from wastewater

L Ouni, A Ramazani, S Taghavi Fardood - Frontiers of Chemical Science …, 2019 - Springer
The scarcity of water, mainly in arid and semiarid areas of the world is exerting exceptional
pressure on sources and necessitates offering satisfactory water for human and different …

Improving the air quality with functionalized carbon nanotubes: sensing and remediation applications in the real world

S Gulati, S Kumar, K Goyal, A Arora, RS Varma - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
With the world developing exponentially every day, the collateral damage to air is incessant.
There are many methods to purify the air but using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as adsorbents …