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Fundamentals and Modeling of Electrokinetic Transport in Nanochannels
Author(s) -
Yeh HungChun,
Wang Moran,
Chang ChihChang,
Yang RueyJen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.201400079
Subject(s) - electrokinetic phenomena , chemistry , nanotechnology , molecular dynamics , nanofluidics , transport phenomena , nanoscopic scale , chemical physics , mechanics , computational chemistry , physics , materials science
When the channel size approaches the thickness of the charged layer (typically, ∼10–100 nm), the resulting molecular and non‐equilibrium effects are markedly different from those observed in larger channels and have a significant effect on the transport behavior of solutes and solvents. As a result, the problem of modeling fluidic behavior at the nanoscale has attracted increasing interest in recent years. This review introduces the fundamental theories and principles associated with electrokinetic transport and molecular dynamics modeling, and discusses various applications of nanofluidic devices in the physics, mechanics, and chemistry fields.