Explaining high flow rate of water in carbon nanotubes via solid-liquid molecular interactions

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-130

  Mattia, Davide ^a   Calabrò, Francesco ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Nanofluidics; Slip; Work of adhesion

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM FLUID MECHANICS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH-FLOW RATE; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; NANOTUBE WALLS; ON FLOW; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SIZE CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SLIP; SOLID-LIQUID; WATER FLOWS; WORK OF ADHESION;

ADHESION; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOFLUIDICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 84863447904     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-0949-z     Document Type: Article

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