Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water, 2nd Edition

Chapter 11

Nanofluidic Carbon Nanotube Membranes

Applications for Water Purification and Desalination

Olgica Bakajin³, Aleksandr Noy¹, Francesco Fornasiero¹, Costas P. Grigoropoulos², Jason K. Holt¹, Jung Bin In^1,2, Sangil Kim¹ and Hyung Gyu Park¹,    ¹Molecular Biophysics and Functional Nanostructures Group, Chemistry, Materials, Earth, and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA,    ²Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA,    ³Chief Executive Officer at Porifera Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA

This chapter presents a brief overview of the basic physical processes that govern the structure and transport of water inside CNT pores, basic properties ...