Behavior of ethylene and ethane within single-walled carbon nanotubes. 1-Adsorption and equilibrium properties

Adsorption

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Cruz, Fernando J A L ^a   Müller, Erich A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon nanotubes; Ethane; Ethylene; Grand canonical Monte Carlo; Molecular dynamics; Molecular simulation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; CARBON SLIT PORES; CARBON SURFACE; ENDOHEDRALS; EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES; ETHANE ADSORPTION; FORCE FIELDS; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; HENRY'S CONSTANTS; HIGH LOADINGS; INTERMOLECULAR POTENTIALS; ISOSTERIC HEATS; LOW PRESSURES; LOWER PRESSURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR VOLUME; NANOTUBE GEOMETRY; PACKING EFFECTS; PRESSURE RANGES; PURE FLUIDS; QUALITATIVE FEATURES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; UNITED ATOMS;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON NANOTUBES; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 60849103810     PISSN: 09295607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10450-009-9154-0     Document Type: Article

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