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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Carbon Nanotube Based Groundwater Remediation: The Case of Trichloroethylene.

Kshitij C Jha, Zhuonan Liu, Hema Vijwani, Mallikarjuna Nadagouda, Sharmila M Mukhopadhyay, Mesfin Tsige

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kshitij C JhaDepartment of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA. kcj4@uakron.edu.
Zhuonan LiuDepartment of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA. zl23@zips.uakron.edu.
Hema VijwaniCenter for Nanoscale Multifunctional Materials, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. vijwani.2@wright.edu.
Mallikarjuna NadagoudaCenter for Nanoscale Multifunctional Materials, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. nadagouda.mallikarjuna@epa.gov.
Sharmila M MukhopadhyayCenter for Nanoscale Multifunctional Materials, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. sharmila.mukhopadhyay@wright.edu.
Mesfin TsigeDepartment of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA. mtsige@uakron.edu.
University of Akron · USWright State University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adsorption of chlorinated organic contaminants (COCs) on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been gaining ground as a remedial platform for groundwater treatment. Applications depend on our mechanistic understanding of COC adsorption on CNTs. This paper lays out the nature of competing interactions at play in hybrid, membrane, and pure CNT based systems and presents results with the perspective of existing gaps in design strategies. First, current remediation approaches to trichloroethylene (TCE), the most ubiquitous of the COCs, is presented along with examination of forces contributing to adsorption of analogous contaminants at the molecular level. Second, we present results on TCE adsorption and remediation on pure and hybrid CNT systems with a stress on the specific nature of substrate and molecular architecture that would contribute to competitive adsorption. The delineation of intermolecular interactions that contribute to efficient remediation is needed for custom, scalable field design of purification systems for a wide range of contaminants.

Indexed as

Environmental Restoration and RemediationAdsorptionCatalysisFiltrationGroundwaterMetals, HeavyNanotubes, CarbonTrichloroethyleneWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater Pollution, ChemicalMetals, HeavyNanotubes, CarbonTrichloroethyleneWater Pollutants, Chemicalbiomimeticcarbon nanotubesCNT hybridCNT membranegroundwater remediationhierarchical catalysistrichloroethyleneVOC removal

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PMID27455218
PMCPMC6273658
OpenAlexW2487257637

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