TY - JOUR
T1 - On phonons and water flow enhancement in carbon nanotubes
AU - Cruz-Chu, Eduardo R.
AU - Papadopoulou, Ermioni
AU - Walther, Jens Honore
AU - Popadić, Aleksandar
AU - Li, Gengyun
AU - Praprotnik, Matej
AU - Koumoutsakos, Petros
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The intriguing physics of water transport through carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has motivated numerous studies, reporting flow rates higher than those estimated by continuum models1. The quantification of water transport in CNTs remains unresolved, however, with flow rates reported by different experiments and simulations having discrepancies of over three orders of magnitude. Reports of ultrafast2,3,4,5 and more modest rates6,7,8,9 conflict with each other. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used to resolve this puzzle by helping to decipher how the CNT walls interact with water molecules
AB - The intriguing physics of water transport through carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has motivated numerous studies, reporting flow rates higher than those estimated by continuum models1. The quantification of water transport in CNTs remains unresolved, however, with flow rates reported by different experiments and simulations having discrepancies of over three orders of magnitude. Reports of ultrafast2,3,4,5 and more modest rates6,7,8,9 conflict with each other. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used to resolve this puzzle by helping to decipher how the CNT walls interact with water molecules
U2 - 10.1038/nnano.2017.234
DO - 10.1038/nnano.2017.234
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 29209010
SN - 1748-3387
VL - 12
SP - 1106
EP - 1107
JO - Nature Nanotechnology
JF - Nature Nanotechnology
ER -