Control of unidirectional transport of single-file water molecules through carbon nanotubes in an electric field

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Su, Jiaye ^a   Guo, Hongxia ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electric field; Molecular dynamics simulation; Transport; Water molecule

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CRITICAL FIELD STRENGTH; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIELD STRENGTHS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; STRONG FIELD; TRANSPORT; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; UNIDIRECTIONAL TRANSPORT; WATER DENSITY; WATER DIPOLES; WATER FLOWS; WATER FLUX; WATER MOLECULE; WATER-WATER INTERACTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPORES;

MOLECULES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOTION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 79955102115     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1014616     Document Type: Article

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