Research Article

Bacterial Filtration Using Carbon Nanotube/Antibiotic Buckypaper Membranes

Table 2

Physical properties of buckypapers.

BuckypaperContact angle
(°)
Conductivity
(S/cm)
Young’s modulus
(GPa)
Tensile strength (MPa)Ductility (%)Toughness (J/g)

SWNT/Trix54 ± 485 ± 21.7 ± 0.320 ± 103.2 ± 0.50.3 ± 0.2
SWNT/cipro62 ± 770 ± 201.1 ± 0.27 ± 20.9 ± 0.30.05 ± 0.02
MWNT/Trix55 ± 1024 ± 160.6 ± 0.36 ± 31.3 ± 0.20.10 ± 0.06
MWNT/cipro41 ± 542 ± 11.3 ± 0.16 ± 20.5 ± 0.20.04 ± 0.01