Mechanisms of molecular permeation through nanoporous graphene membranes

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 675-682

  Sun, Chengzhen ^a,b   Boutilier, Michael S H ^a   Au, Harold ^a   Poesio, Pietro ^c   Bai, Bofeng ^b   Karnik, Rohit ^a   Hadjiconstantinou, Nicolas G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GAS MOLECULES; GAS SEPARATIONS; HARD SPHERES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SURFACE MECHANISM; TRANSPORT RATE;

GASES; GRAPHENE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NITROGEN; PERMEATION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84892732175     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la403969g     Document Type: Article

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