Massive radius-dependent flow slippage in carbon nanotubes.

ABSTRACT: Measurements and simulations have found that water moves through carbon nanotubes at exceptionally high rates owing to nearly frictionless interfaces. These observations have stimulated interest in nanotube-based membranes for applications including desalination, nano-filtration and energy harvesting, yet the exact mechanisms of water transport inside the nanotubes and at the water-carbon interface continue to be debated because existing theories do not provide a satisfactory explanation for the limited number of experimental results available so far. This lack of experimental results arises because, even though controlled and systematic studies have explored transport through individual nanotubes, none has met the considerable technical challenge of unambiguously measuring the permeabilit

SUBMITTER: Secchi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5015706 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature