Self-diffusion of water and simple alcohols in single-walled aluminosilicate nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1548-1556

  Zang, Ji ^a   Konduri, Suchitra ^a   Nair, Sankar ^a   Sholl, David S ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminosilicate; Ethanol; Inorganic nanotubes; Methanol; Self diffusion; Water

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SELECTIVITY; ALCOHOL MOLECULES; BULK LIQUID; CHEMICAL SPECIES; DIFFUSION BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSIVITIES; HYDROGEN BOND NETWORKS; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; INORGANIC NANOTUBES; LIQUID-LIQUID INTERACTIONS; METAL OXIDES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR LOADINGS; PORE DIAMETERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SELF-DIFFUSION; SELF-DIFFUSION OF WATER; SEPARATION DEVICES; SIMPLE ALCOHOLS; SINGLE-WALLED; SINGLE-WALLED ALUMINOSILICATE; SOLID-STATE STRUCTURES; STORAGE AND DELIVERY; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TUBE WALLS;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATES; DIFFUSION; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN; LIQUIDS; LOADING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METHANOL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; NANOTUBE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION;

ALCOHOLS; DIFFUSION; NANOTUBES; WATER;

EID: 67651204779     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9001837     Document Type: Article

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