Tuning Wetting-Dewetting Thermomechanical Energy for Hydrophobic Nanopores via Preferential Intrusion.

ABSTRACT: Heat and the work of compression/decompression are among the basic properties of thermodynamic systems. Being relevant to many industrial and natural processes, this thermomechanical energy is challenging to tune due to fundamental boundaries for simple fluids. Here via direct experimental and atomistic observations, we demonstrate, for fluids consisting of nanoporous material and a liquid, one can overcome these limitations and noticeably affect both thermal and mechanical energies of compression/decompression exploiting preferential intrusion of water from aqueous solutions into subnanometer pores. We hypothesize that this effect is due to the enthalpy of dilution manifesting itself as the aqueous solution concentrates upon the preferential intrusion of pure water into pores. We suggest

SUBMITTER: Bartolome L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10839902 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature