Molecular dynamic study on contact angle of water droplet on a single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) plate

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 747-754

  Mao, Yijin ^a   Chen, Chung Lung ^a   Zhang, Yuwen ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; LIQUID WATER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; QUADRUPOLES; SEPARATION DISTANCES; WATER DROPLETS; WATER MOLECULE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; WETTING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84878109475     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-013-7699-y     Document Type: Article

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