Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions

K Holmberg, A Erdemir - Friction, 2017 - Springer
Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Advances in nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of lubricants and additives

JP Ewen, DM Heyes, D Dini - Friction, 2018 - Springer
Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations have provided unique insights into
the nanoscale behaviour of lubricants under shear. This review discusses the early history of …

Wettability effect on nanoconfined water flow

K Wu, Z Chen, J Li, X Li, J Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding and controlling the flow of water confined in nanopores has tremendous
implications in theoretical studies and industrial applications. Here, we propose a simple …

Molecular dynamics study on water desalination through functionalized nanoporous graphene

Y Wang, Z He, KM Gupta, Q Shi, R Lu - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to investigate water desalination through
functionalized nanoporous graphene membranes. Six graphene membranes were …

How fast does water flow in carbon nanotubes?

SK Kannam, BD Todd, JS Hansen… - The Journal of chemical …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, we review the existing literature on flow rates of
water in carbon nanotubes. Data for the slip length which characterizes the flow rate are …

Slip length of water on graphene: Limitations of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations

S Kumar Kannam, BD Todd, JS Hansen… - The Journal of chemical …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Data for the flow rate of water in carbon nanopores is widely scattered, both in experiments
and simulations. In this work, we aim at precisely quantifying the characteristic large slip …

Water transport inside carbon nanotubes mediated by phonon-induced oscillating friction

M Ma, F Grey, L Shen, M Urbakh, S Wu, JZ Liu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The emergence of the field of nanofluidics in the last decade has led to the development of
important applications including water desalination, ultrafiltration and osmotic energy …

Breakdown of fast water transport in graphene oxides

N Wei, X Peng, Z Xu - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
Fast slip flow was identified for water inside the interlayer gallery between graphene layers
or carbon nanotubes. We report here that this significant flow rate enhancement (over two …

A comparison of classical force-fields for molecular dynamics simulations of lubricants

JP Ewen, C Gattinoni, FM Thakkar, N Morgan… - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
For the successful development and application of lubricants, a full understanding of their
complex nanoscale behavior under a wide range of external conditions is required, but this …

Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of organic friction modifiers adsorbed on iron oxide surfaces

JP Ewen, C Gattinoni, N Morgan, HA Spikes, D Dini - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
For the successful development and application of lubricants, a full understanding of the
nanoscale behavior of complex tribological systems is required, but this is difficult to obtain …