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Carbon Nanotubes for Clean Water

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Abstract

The availability of clean, safe and healthy water is diminishing every day, which is projected to upsurge in future. To address this, numerous water decontamination methods and technologies being developed and adapted, and several new possibilities are in the way through extensive research.

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Acknowledgements for “Carbon Nanotubes for Water Disinfection”: Financial support from the University of Malaya BKP grant (BK095-2016) and UM Research Grant–Innovation Technology (RP045-17AET) are acknowledged.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Bey Fen Leo

  2. Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Bey Fen Leo & Thiruchelvi Pulingam

  3. Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Nurul Akmal Che Lah & Mahendran Samykano

  4. Division of Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Swee-Seong Tang

  5. Department of Microbiology, Chittagong University, 4331, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    Sayonthoni Das Tuhi

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Leo, B.F., Lah, N.A.C., Samykano, M., Pulingam, T., Tang, SS., Das Tuhi, S. (2018). Disinfection. In: Das, R. (eds) Carbon Nanotubes for Clean Water. Carbon Nanostructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95603-9_7

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