Chapter 11 – Nanofluidic Carbon Nanotube Membranes: Applications for Water Purification and Desalination

This chapter presents a brief overview of the basic physical processes that govern the structure and transport of water inside CNT pores, basic properties that make nanotube pore technologies attractive for water purification and desalination, the fabrication approaches for producing CNT membranes, and the experimental observations of water transport and ion exclusion properties in CNT membranes.