Thermo-osmotic and related thermophoretic phenomena can be found in many situations
from biology to colloid science, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely …

Following our recent theoretical prediction of the giant thermo-osmotic response of the water–
graphene interface, we explore the practical implementation of waste heat harvesting with …

Strengthening the thermophoresis of nanoscale confined liquid is an intrinsic topic in
nanoscale devices and systems. Unfortunately, enhancing thermophoresis via an …

The extreme liquid transport properties of carbon nanotubes present new opportunities for
surpassing conventional technologies in water filtration and purification. We demonstrate …

Thermophoresis is the phenomenon wherein particles experience a net drift induced by a
thermal gradient. In this work, molecular dynamics simulations are conducted to study with …

In this work, we report a thermal pump using a carbon nanotube (CNT) hetero-junction,
which is formed by connecting two CNTs of different diameters. Through molecular …

We investigate thermally driven water droplet transport on graphene and hexagonal boron
nitride (h-BN) surfaces using molecular dynamics simulations. The two surfaces considered …

We propose a new design for thermally induced water pumping through carbon nanotubes
by imposing a thermal gradient along the length of a carbon nanotube (CNT), which …

The migration behaviour of an ionic liquid (IL) nano-droplet on a graphene surface under
temperature gradients was studied using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) …

The controlled transport of water through nanoscale devices is an important requirement in
the design and development of various nanofluidic systems. Molecular dynamics …