Capillary rise in nanotubes coated with polymer brushes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1161, Issue , 2009, Pages 537-548

  Dimitrov, D I ^a,b   Milchev, A ^a,c   Binder, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Nanocapillary; Polymer brush

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUID TRANSPORT; FREEZE DRYING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 65249083452     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04335.x     Document Type: Article

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