Nanofluidic transport governed by the liquid/vapour interface

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 317-323

  Lee, Jongho ^a   Laoui, Tahar ^b   Karnik, Rohit ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; LIQUIDS; MOLECULES; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPORES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; HYDROPHOBIC NANOPORES; LENGTH SCALE; LIQUID SURFACE; NANO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; TRANSMISSION PROBABILITIES; WATER MOLECULE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

WATER;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KNEE MENISCUS; LIQUID; LIQUID VAPOUR INTERFACE; MATERIAL STATE; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPORE; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VAPOR; WATER TRANSPORT; GENERAL DEVICE; MOLECULE;

MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PHASE TRANSITION; WATER;

EID: 84898909173     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.28     Document Type: Article

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