Confinement by carbon nanotubes drastically alters the boiling and critical behavior of water droplets

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2766-2773

  Chaban, Vitaly V ^a   Prezhdo, Victor V ^b   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

atomistic simulation; carbon nanotube; phase transition; water

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BOILING TEMPERATURE; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS); CRITICAL BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL POINTS; DROPLET DISINTEGRATION; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LIQUID DROPLETS; LOW TEMPERATURES; OVER-PRESSURES; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; THERAPEUTIC DRUG DELIVERY; WATER DROPLETS;

BOILING POINT; DROPS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; WATER;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84859143952     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3002533     Document Type: Article

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