A double walled carbon nanotube thermal actuator consisting of a short outer tube sliding
along a long inner tube under a temperature gradient is used as a model system to …

We studied the thermophoretic motion of wrinkles formed in substrate-supported graphene
sheets by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. We found that a single wrinkle …

Positive and negative thermophoresis in fluids has found widespread applications from
mass transport to molecule manipulation. In solids, although positive thermophoresis has …

A thermally driven nanotube nanomotor provides linear mass transportation controlled by a
temperature gradient. However, the underlying mechanism is still unclear, as the mass …

We report non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of the thermophoretic motion of
buckminsterfullerene enclosed in a series of carbon nanotubes subject to a thermal …

Piezoelectric effect has proved itself to be a promising energy conversion mechanism that
can convert mechanical energy into electricity. Here, we propose an indirect thermoelectric …

We demonstrate a viable approach to fabricating ultrafast axial nano-oscillators based on
carbon nanoscrolls (CNSs) using molecular dynamics simulations. Initiated by a single …

Controlling mass transportation using intrinsic mechanisms is a challenging topic in
nanotechnology. Herein, we employ molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the mass …

The diffusion of particles on surfaces subjected to a thermal gradient driven by phonons is
numerically and theoretically investigated. Performing molecular dynamics (MD) …

Constructing a nanomotor, especially one with simple configurations and good performance,
plays a crucial role in the field of nanotechnology. Here, we present a prototype design of a …