Blockage of water flow in carbon nanotubes by ions due to interactions between cations and aromatic rings

J Liu, G Shi, P Guo, J Yang, H Fang - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Combining classical molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory
calculations, we find that cations block water flow through narrow (6, 6)-type carbon …

Nanofluidic transport through isolated carbon nanotube channels: advances, controversies, and challenges

S Guo, ER Meshot, T Kuykendall, S Cabrini… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their simple chemistry and structure, controllable geometry, and a plethora of
unusual yet exciting transport properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as …

A hierarchical Bayesian framework for force field selection in molecular dynamics simulations

S Wu, P Angelikopoulos… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We present a hierarchical Bayesian framework for the selection of force fields in molecular
dynamics (MD) simulations. The framework associates the variability of the optimal …

Detection of Individual Molecules and Ions by Carbon Nanotube‐Based Differential Resistive Pulse Sensor

R Peng, XS Tang, D Li - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a new method of sensing single molecules and cations by a carbon
nanotube (CNT)‐based differential resistive pulse sensing (RPS) technique on a nanofluidic …

Water flow in carbon-based nanoporous membranes impacted by interactions between hydrated ions and aromatic rings

J Liu, G Shi, H Fang - Nanotechnology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon-based nanoporous membranes, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs),
graphene/graphene oxide and graphyne, have shown great potential in water desalination …

Water flow in silica nanopores coated by carbon nanotubes from a wetting translucency perspective

E Wagemann, JH Walther, ER Cruz-Chú… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nearly frictionless water transport makes carbon nanotubes promising materials for use as
conduits in nanofluidic applications. Here, we conduct molecular dynamics simulations of …

A vibration-charge-induced unidirectional transport of water molecules in confined nanochannels

J Kou, X Zhou, H Lu, Y Xu, F Wu, J Fan - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose a novel nanoscale design for unidirectional transport of water molecules
through a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT). This is achieved by using a vibration …

Microneedle array integrated with CNT nanofilters for controlled and selective drug delivery

H Wang, Z Xiang, CF Hu, G Pastorin… - Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An innovative process of integrating microneedle array with carbon nanotube (CNT)
nanofilters is developed for a novel transdermal drug delivery device with nanometer-scale …

Control of carbon nanotube electronic properties by lithium cation intercalation

OM Korsun, ON Kalugin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We show that the electronic properties of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can be
tuned continuously from semiconducting to metallic by varying the location of ions inside the …

Observation and analysis of the Coulter effect through carbon nanotube and graphene nanopores

KV Agrawal, LW Drahushuk… - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene are the rolled and flat analogues of graphitic
carbon, respectively, with hexagonal crystalline lattices, and show exceptional molecular …