Overscreening, co-ion-dominated electroosmosis, and electric field strength mediated flow reversal in polyelectrolyte brush functionalized nanochannels

TH Pial, HS Sachar, PR Desai, S Das - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Controlling the direction and strength of nanofluidic electrohydrodyanmic transport in the
presence of an externally applied electric field is extremely important in a number of …

Molecular dynamics simulations of ion separation in nano-channel water flows using an electric field

F Sofos, TE Karakasidis, D Spetsiotis - Molecular Simulation, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Removal of undesired substances from water is a field of investigation recently focused at
the nanoscale. Towards this direction, molecular dynamics simulations are conducted in this …

Impact of charged soft layers on electroosmosis of Maxwell fluids in soft nanochannels

JS Sin, NI Ri, HC Kim, SH Hyon - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In the present paper, we theoretically study the transient electroosmotic flow of general
Maxwell fluids through the polyelectrolyte grafted nanochannel with a layered distribution of …

Dielectric effects on ion transport in polyelectrolyte brushes

J Yuan, HS Antila, E Luijten - ACS Macro Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Surface-grafted polyelectrolytes provide a versatile way to create functionalized interfaces
and nanochannels with externally controllable properties. Understanding the behavior of …

Roles of surface energy and temperature in heterogeneous ice nucleation

C Li, X Gao, Z Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous ice nucleation (HIN) is strongly related to the dynamics of hydrogen bonds
in water at an interface. In this work, we investigate the microscopic kinetics of HIN through …

[图书][B] Nanofluidics: an introduction

Z Li - 2018 - books.google.com
This book provides an introduction to nanofluidics in a simple manner and can be easily
followed by senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and other researchers who …

Fluid breakup in carbon nanotubes: An explanation of ultrafast ion transport

X Gao, T Zhao, Z Li - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrafast ion transport in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been experimentally observed, but
the underlying mechanism is unknown. In this work, we investigate ion transport in CNTs …

Coupling effects in electromechanical ion transport in graphene nanochannels

Y Jin, T Ng, R Tao, S Luo, Y Su, Z Li - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
In this work, we use molecular dynamics simulations to study the transport of ions in
electromechanical flows in slit-like graphene nanochannels. The variation of ionic currents …

The role of entrance functionalization in carbon nanotube-based nanofluidic systems: An intrinsic challenge

R Tao, X Gao, D Lin, Y Chen, Y Jin, X Chen, S Yao… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, experiments, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and theoretical analysis are
conducted to study ion transport in thin carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Diverse nonlinear …

Water transport through graphene and MoS2 nanopores

C Liu, Y Jin, Z Li - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, pressure-driven water transport through graphene and molybdenum disulfide
(MoS 2) nanopores is investigated through molecular dynamics simulations. The …