Solvation of carbon nanotubes in a room-temperature ionic liquid

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1693-1702

  Shim, Youngseon ^a   Kim, Hyung J ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buckygels; Carbon nanotube; Imidazolium ion; Ionic liquid; Micropore; Molecular dynamics simulations; Solvation

Indexed keywords

1-ETHYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM TETRAFLUOROBORATE; ALTERNATING LAYERS; AZIMUTHAL DIRECTION; BUCKYGELS; CHIRAL DISTRIBUTION; CYLINDRICAL SHELL; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; FILE DISTRIBUTION; IMIDAZOLIUM ION; ION DISTRIBUTIONS; MICROPORE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOTUBE AXIS; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; NANOTUBE SURFACE; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBE; SOLVATION SHELL; SOLVATION STRUCTURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MICROPOROSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLVATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 68649124375     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900195b     Document Type: Article

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