DNA translocation through single-layer boron nitride nanopores

Z Gu, Y Zhang, B Luan, R Zhou - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultra-thin nanopores have become promising biological sensors because of their
outstanding signal-to-noise ratio and spatial resolution. Here, we show that boron nitride …

Alcohol-induced drying of carbon nanotubes and its implications for alcohol/water separation: A molecular dynamics study

X Tian, Z Yang, B Zhou, P Xiu, Y Tu - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Alcohols are important products in chemical industry, but separating them from their
aqueous solutions is very difficult due to the hydrophilic nature of alcohols. Based on …

Unexpected spontaneous dynamic oxygen migration on carbon nanotubes

G Zhu, Z Huang, L Zhao, Y Tu - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Combining density functional theory (DFT) calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics
(AIMD) simulations, we show that oxygen functional groups exhibit unexpected spontaneous …

Dependence of the dynamics of spontaneous imbibition into carbon nanotubes on the strength of molecular interactions

F Ebrahimi, A Pishevar - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015 - ACS Publications
We use molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the effect of the strength of water–wall
interaction on the spontaneous imbibition of water into a single-wall carbon nanotube at …

Factors resisting protein adsorption on hydrophilic/hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers terminated with hydrophilic hydroxyl groups

D Mao, YY Wu, Y Tu - Chinese Physics B, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The hydroxyl-terminated self-assembled monolayer (OH-SAM), as a surface resistant to
protein adsorption, exhibits substantial potential in applications such as ship navigation and …

Temperature-dependence of wetting properties of carbon nanotubes

F Ebrahimi, MG Moghaddam - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2016 - Elsevier
We have carried out molecular dynamics simulations to study the spontaneous imbibition of
water into a single-wall carbon nanotube (CNT) at various temperatures, ranging from 270 K …

反渗透过程中双壁碳纳米管通水阻盐性能的分子动力学模拟

谌庄琳, 贺高红, 张宁, 郝策 - 物理化学学报, 2015 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
采用分子动力学模拟方法, 探究了非常规双壁碳纳米管(DWCNT) 在反渗透过程中,
不同内外管间距对管道内水分子与盐离子运动行为的影响. 本文采用0.5 mol∙ L-1 …

Charge-signal multiplication mediated by urea wires inside Y-shaped carbon nanotubes

M Lv, B He, Z Liu, P Xiu, Y Tu - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
In previous studies, we reported molecular dynamics (MD) simulations showing that single-
file water wires confined inside Y-shaped single-walled carbon nanotubes (Y-SWNTs) held …

From dimers to collective dipoles: Structure and dynamics of methanol/ethanol partition by narrow carbon nanotubes

JA Garate, T Perez-Acle - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Alcohol partitioning by narrow single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) holds the
promise for the development of novel nanodevices for diverse applications. Consequently …

System-size effect on the friction at liquid-solid interfaces

L Zhao, J Sun, X Wang, L Zeng, C Wang… - Applied Mathematics and …, 2020 - Springer
The friction at the liquid-solid interfaces is widely involved in various phenomena ranging
from nanometer to micrometer scales. By the molecular dynamic (MD) simulation, the friction …