Rapid Imbibition of Fluids in Carbon Nanotubes

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 30 May 2003 English Publisher:American Physical Society (APS)Journal:Physical Review Letters, volume 90 (issn: 0031-9007, eissn: 1079-7114,

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Authors: S, Supple; N, Quirke;

doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.214501

pmid: 12786556

Rapid Imbibition of Fluids in Carbon Nanotubes

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Carbon nanotubes are potential building blocks for nanofluidic devices. The way fluids flow into and fill nanotubes is therefore of wide interest; however, there are currently no experimental data or theoretical models for this nanoscale process. We have carried out molecular dynamics simulations of nanotubes imbibing oil at an oil/vapor interface at 298 K. We find that nanotubes imbibe very rapidly (

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