Water Conduction Through Carbon Nanotubes

	Nanotech 2002 Vol. 2 Technical Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Chapter 7: Soft Condensed Matter
	Water Conduction Through Carbon Nanotubes
Authors:	G. Hummer, J.C. Rassaiah and J.P. Noworyta
Affilation:	National Institutes of Health, US
Pages:	124 - 127
Keywords:	carbon nanotubes, water transport, one-dimensional fluids
Abstract:	In molecular dynamics simulations we found that water can form hydrogen-bonded water chains in the interior of carbon nanotubes. Water penetration is sensitive to details of thermodynamic conditions and interaction potentials, resulting in sharp, first-order like transitions between filled and empty states. Under wetting conditions, water molecules are transported e±ciently through nanotubes. Implications on the design of nanotube channels for small molecules and protons will be discussed.
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ISBN:	0-9708275-6-3
Pages:	504
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