Multi-scale study of liquid flow in micro/nanochannels: Effects of surface wettability and topology

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 991-1008

  Sun, Jie ^a   He, Ya Ling ^b   Tao, Wen Quan ^b   Rose, John W ^a   Wang, Hua Sheng ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Micro nanofluidics; Molecular dynamics simulation; Multi scale simulation; Temperature jump; Velocity slip

Indexed keywords

MICRO/NANOFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE JUMP; VELOCITY SLIPS;

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84862783216     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-0933-7     Document Type: Article

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