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Molecular dynamics: Tunable Water Channels with Carbon Nanoscrolls (Small 6/2010)
Author(s) -
Shi Xinghua,
Cheng Yuan,
Pugno Nicola M.,
Gao Huajian
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201090019
Subject(s) - graphene , nanotechnology , molecular dynamics , materials science , carbon fibers , ion , chemistry , composite material , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , composite number
The frontispiece shows a cross‐section image of a sheet of graphene rolled up into a “carbon nanoscroll”. Molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical analyses show that the flow rate of water through the core of the nanoscrolls can be adjusted over a broad range through the effective surface energy, which in turn can be tuned by an applied DC or AC electric field. The results suggest that such carbon naonscrolls hold great promise in applications such as tunable water and ion channels, nanofluidic devices, and nanofilters, as well as tunable gene‐ and drug‐delivery systems. For more information, please read the Full Paper “Tunable Water Channels with Carbon Nanoscrolls” by H. Gao et al., beginning on page 739 .