Osmosis in small pores: A molecular dynamics study of the mechanism of solvent transport

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2053, 2005, Pages 273-296

  Kim, K S ^a,b   Davis, I S ^a   Macpherson, P A ^c   Pedley, T J ^d   Hill, A E ^a  

^a Physiological Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ROGERS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drag coefficients; Molecular dynamics; Osmosis; Pore transport; Solvent flow

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSMOSIS; PARAMETER; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; RECORDING; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 17144404979     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1374     Document Type: Article

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