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Enhanced flow in carbon nanotubes

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  • Mainak Majumder

    (University of Kentucky)

  • Nitin Chopra

    (University of Kentucky)

  • Rodney Andrews

    (Center for Applied Energy Research)

  • Bruce J. Hinds

    (University of Kentucky)

Abstract

Nanoscale structures that could mimic the selective transport and extraordinarily fast flow possible in biological cellular channels would have a wide range of potential applications. Here we show that liquid flow through a membrane composed of an array of aligned carbon nanotubes is four to five orders of magnitude faster than would be predicted from conventional fluid-flow theory. This high fluid velocity results from an almost frictionless interface at the carbon-nanotube wall.

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  • Mainak Majumder & Nitin Chopra & Rodney Andrews & Bruce J. Hinds, 2005. "Enhanced flow in carbon nanotubes," Nature, Nature, vol. 438(7064), pages 44-44, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:438:y:2005:i:7064:d:10.1038_438044a
    DOI: 10.1038/438044a
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    1. Jun Pu & Xuejie Qin & Feifei Gou & Wenchao Fang & Fengjie Peng & Runxi Wang & Zhaoli Guo, 2018. "Molecular Modeling of CO 2 and n -Octane in Solubility Process and α -Quartz Nanoslit," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-11, November.
    2. Fahd Almutairi & S.M. Khaled & Abdelhalim Ebaid, 2019. "MHD Flow of Nanofluid with Homogeneous-Heterogeneous Reactions in a Porous Medium under the Influence of Second-Order Velocity Slip," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-11, February.
    3. Köhler, Mateus Henrique & Bordin, José Rafael & da Silva, Leandro B. & Barbosa, Marcia C., 2018. "Structure and dynamics of water inside hydrophobic and hydrophilic nanotubes," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 490(C), pages 331-337.
    4. Sagar Roy & Smruti Ragunath, 2018. "Emerging Membrane Technologies for Water and Energy Sustainability: Future Prospects, Constraints and Challenges," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-32, November.
    5. Ng, Edmund Chong Jie & Kueh, Tze Cheng & Wang, Xin & Soh, Ai Kah & Hung, Yew Mun, 2021. "Anomalously enhanced thermal performance of carbon-nanotubes coated micro heat pipes," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
    6. Nurul Amira Zainal & Roslinda Nazar & Kohilavani Naganthran & Ioan Pop, 2020. "Unsteady Stagnation Point Flow of Hybrid Nanofluid Past a Convectively Heated Stretching/Shrinking Sheet with Velocity Slip," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-22, September.

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