Recent advances in applications of carbon nanotubes for desalination: A review

R Wang, D Chen, Q Wang, Y Ying, W Gao, L Xie - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a sustainable, cost-effective and energy-efficient method, membranes are becoming a
progressively vital technique to solve the problem of the scarcity of freshwater resources …

Water in nanotubes: The surface effect

MH Köhler, JR Bordin, CF de Matos… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent advances in nanotube synthesis and functionalization have allowed for new insights
into several physical-chemical aspects of nanofluidics. Processes thought possible only in …

Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation to evaluate the effect of confinement on fluid flow in silica nanopores

P Asai, J Jin, M Deo, JD Miller, D Butt - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The flow of fluids in nano-confinement has applications in separations, water purification,
medical systems and in the recovery of fluids in petroleum systems. It is believed that fluids …

Mesoscopic method to study water flow in nanochannels with different wettability

T Zhang, F Javadpour, X Li, K Wu, J Li, Y Yin - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations is currently the most popular and credible tool to
model water flow in nanoscale where the conventional continuum equations break down …

Molecular insights into temperature oscillation of electric double-layer capacitors in charging–discharging cycles

T Zhao, S Zhou, Z Xu, S Zhao - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
Electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) are promising electric energy storage devices for
increasing global energy demand. During charging–discharging cycles, the generated heat …

Accurate prediction of solvent flux in sub–1-nm slit-pore nanosheet membranes

X Chen, Y Qin, Y Zhu, X Pan, Y Wang, H Ma… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Nanosheet-based membranes have shown enormous potential for energy-efficient
molecular transport and separation applications, but designing these membranes for …

Enhancing gas solubility in nanopores: a combined study using classical density functional theory and machine learning

C Qiao, X Yu, X Song, T Zhao, X Xu, S Zhao… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Geometrical confinement has a large impact on gas solubilities in nanoscale pores. This
phenomenon is closely associated with heterogeneous catalysis, shale gas extraction …

[HTML][HTML] An analytical model for water-oil two-phase flow in inorganic nanopores in shale oil reservoirs

R Li, Z Chen, K Wu, X Hao, J Xu - Petroleum Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The existence of water phase occupies oil flow area and impacts the confined oil flow
behavior at the solid substrate in inorganic nanopores of shale oil reservoirs, resulting in a …

Entrance resistance of water transport into carbon nanotubes: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

J Song, L Liu, Q Li, C Liu, F Song - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
Water transport through nanoporous materials has aroused wide interest in membrane
desalination, biological medicine and nanofluids, but the underlying mechanism of water …

Interfacial and confinement-mediated organization of gas hydrates, water, organic fluids, and nanoparticles for the utilization of subsurface energy and geological …

S Mohammed, H Asgar, M Deo, G Gadikota - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Harnessing the subsurface geologic environments in an efficient and environmentally
sustainable manner is challenged by uncertainties associated with predicting the fate of …