Patent ID: 8754041
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A01N,B82Y,C02F

Abstract:
1. A method of removing E. coli bacteria from an aqueous solution, comprising the step of mixing multi-walled carbon nanotubes, the nanotubes having been functionalized with a dodecylamine group (C 12 H 27 N), into an aqueous solution containing E. coli bacteria, wherein the multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group have an antimicrobial effect against the E. coli bacteria and remove completely the E. coli bacteria from the aqueous solution, wherein the multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with the dodecylamine group are mixed into the aqueous solution at a concentration of between approximately 0.2 and 0.007 g per 100 ml of the aqueous solution.