Nanomaterials in superlubricity

W Zhai, K Zhou - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The vanishing friction, known as superlubricity, is potentially a significant performance
indicator in the development of nanostructured materials and has become increasingly …

Transport phenomena in nano/molecular confinements

M Nazari, A Davoodabadi, D Huang, T Luo… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The transport of fluid and ions in nano/molecular confinements is the governing physics of a
myriad of embodiments in nature and technology including human physiology, plants …

Critical knowledge gaps in mass transport through single-digit nanopores: A review and perspective

S Faucher, N Aluru, MZ Bazant… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Not all nanopores are created equal. By definition, nanopores have characteristic diameters
or conduit widths between∼ 1 and 100 nm. However, the narrowest of such pores, perhaps …

Water Transport with Ultralow Friction through Partially Exfoliated g‐C3N4 Nanosheet Membranes with Self‐Supporting Spacers

Y Wang, L Li, Y Wei, J Xue, H Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) nanosheets show brilliant
application potential in numerous fields. Herein, a membrane with artificial nanopores and …

Friction of Water on Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride from Ab Initio Methods: Very Different Slippage Despite Very Similar Interface Structures

G Tocci, L Joly, A Michaelides - Nano letters, 2014 - ACS Publications
Friction is one of the main sources of dissipation at liquid water/solid interfaces. Despite
recent progress, a detailed understanding of water/solid friction in connection with the …

Sticky layers affect oil transport through the nanopores of realistic shale kerogen

S Wang, Y Liang, Q Feng, F Javadpour - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the transport mechanism of hydrocarbons through kerogen nanopores is
crucial to shale oil production. However, existing studies primarily focus on single …

Enhanced osmotic transport in individual double-walled carbon nanotube

G Cui, Z Xu, H Li, S Zhang, L Xu, A Siria… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The transport of fluid and ions across nanotubes or nanochannels has attracted great
attention due to the ultrahigh energy power density and slip length, with applications in …

Commensurability effects in viscosity of nanoconfined water

M Neek-Amal, FM Peeters, IV Grigorieva, AK Geim - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
The rate of water flow through hydrophobic nanocapillaries is greatly enhanced as
compared to that expected from macroscopic hydrodynamics. This phenomenon is usually …

Fast water transport through subnanometer diameter vertically aligned carbon nanotube membranes

DC Yang, RJ Castellano, RP Silvy, SK Lageshetty… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Small-diameter carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have outstanding mass-transport properties,
especially enhanced water flow. Here, we report on water transport through the first …

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 …