Optimizing Water Transport through Graphene-Based Membranes: Insights from Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 12330-12336

  Muscatello, Jordan ^a   Jaeger, Frederike ^a   Matar, Omar K ^a   Müller, Erich A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confined fluids; graphene; membranes; molecular dynamics; permeation; separation; water

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PERMEATION; SEPARATION; WATER;

CONFINED FLUIDS; ENTRANCE EFFECTS; EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; HYDROGEN-BONDED CHAINS; NON EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMIC (NEMD); SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY; SOLVENT SEPARATION; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84971281836     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12112     Document Type: Article

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