Self-Assembled two-dimensional nanofluidic proton channels with high thermal stability

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shao, Jiao Jing ^a,b   Raidongia, Kalyan ^a,c   Koltonow, Andrew R ^a   Huang, Jiaxing ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCHANNEL; PROTON; VERMICULITE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRAY; CHANNEL FLOW; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; FILM; FLUID; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLE; PERCOLATION; VERMICULITE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE; NANOFLUIDICS; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL MODEL; SURFACE CHARGE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84986913701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8602     Document Type: Article

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