Structural and dynamical properties of water confined in carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  da Silva, Leandro Barros ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Confined water; Diffusion properties; Hydrogen bond; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135253695     PISSN: 20089244     EISSN: 21938865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40097-014-0104-3     Document Type: Article

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