Possibility of driving water molecules along a single-walled carbon nanotube using methane molecules

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 417-423

  Yu, H Q ^a   Li, H ^a   Zhang, J X ^a   Liu, X F ^a   Liew, K M ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; DRIVING FORCES; METHANE MOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORT VELOCITY; WATER MOLECULE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

MOLECULES;

EID: 70449517496     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.09.055     Document Type: Article

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