Ultrafast separation of emulsified oil/water mixtures by ultrathin free-standing single-walled carbon nanotube network films. Other Scholarly Work

Shi, Zhun, Zhang, Wenbin, Zhang, Feng et al. (2013). Ultrafast separation of emulsified oil/water mixtures by ultrathin free-standing single-walled carbon nanotube network films. . ADVANCED MATERIALS, 25(17), 2422-2427. 10.1002/adma.201204873

cited authors

  • Shi, Zhun; Zhang, Wenbin; Zhang, Feng; Liu, Xia; Wang, Dong; Jin, Jian; Jiang, Lei

authors

abstract

  • As an alternative to polymer membranes, ultrathin free-standing single-walled carbon-nanotube network films are used to realize oil/water separation with ultrahigh flux. The films with tunable thickness of the tens of nanometer scale can effectively separate both micrometer and nanometer-sized surfactant-free and surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions with a flux 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than commercial filtration membranes with similar separation performance.

publication date

  • May 1, 2013

published in

keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Emulsions
  • Materials Testing
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Oils
  • Particle Size
  • Surface Properties
  • Ultrafiltration
  • Water

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Medium

  • Print-Electronic

start page

  • 2422

end page

  • 2427

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 17