Water transport through T-shaped carbon nanotubes

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Water transport through T-shaped carbon nanotubes

XU Wei，

TU Yusong，

Wang Chunlei，

FANG Haiping

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Vol.22, No.5

pp.307-310

Published in print 20 Oct 2011

DOI：10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.22.307-310

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The effect of an external charge on water transportation through T-shaped carbon nanotubes is tested by molecular dynamics simulations. The simulation results show that a relatively small charge reduces the water flux through the canbon nanotubes, but a large enough charge prompts the water transportation. This finding may be helpful to biological amplifiers and nanodevices researches.

External chargeT-shaped nanotubeWater transportation

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