Fast diffusion of water nanodroplets on graphene

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 66-71

  Ma, Ming ^a,b   Tocci, Gabriele ^a,c   Michaelides, Angelos ^a,b   Aeppli, Gabriel ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a LONDON CENTRE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f Bio Nano Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATES; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES;

CONTROLLABLE MOTION; LAYERED MATERIAL; MATERIAL SURFACE; NEW MECHANISMS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SELF-DIFFUSION OF WATER; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES; WATER NANODROPLETS;

DIFFUSION;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; WETTABILITY;

DIFFUSION; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURES; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84963488494     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4449     Document Type: Article

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