Charge inversion and flow reversal in a nanochannel electro-osmotic flow

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Qiao, R ^a   Aluru, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; FRICTION; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SODIUM;

CHANNEL WALLS; CHARGE INVERSION; COUNTERIONS; SURFACE CHARGE DENSITY;

ELECTROOSMOSIS;

EID: 3042558269     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.198301     Document Type: Article

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