Flow enhancement in nanotubes of different materials and lengths

Ritos, Konstantinos and Mattia, Davide and Calabrò, Francesco and Reese, Jason M. (2014) Flow enhancement in nanotubes of different materials and lengths. Journal of Chemical Physics, 140 (1). 014702. ISSN 0021-9606 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4846300)

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Abstract

The high water flow rates observed in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have previously been attributed to the unfavorable energetic interaction between the liquid and the graphitic walls of the CNTs. This paper reports molecular dynamics simulations of water flow in carbon, boron nitride, and silicon carbide nanotubes that show the effect of the solid-liquid interactions on the fluid flow. Alongside an analytical model, these results show that the flow enhancement depends on the tube's geometric characteristics and the solid-liquid interactions.

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Ritos, Konstantinos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6334-6680, Mattia, Davide, Calabrò, Francesco and Reese, Jason M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5188-1627;
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