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Preparation and Characterization of C60/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures
Published on: May 15, 2018
Surface-induced ordering of a molecular fluid of flat hexagonal structure in a narrow graphite slit
1Laboratory of Separation Processes and Transport Phenomena, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
We systematically investigate by Monte Carlo simulations the role of the wall structure on a fluid of flat hexagonal molecules confined between two graphite walls. Our simulations show that the centers of mass of the molecules in different layers undergo an order-disorder transition as the wall separation increases, irrespective of the details of the wall structure. The wall structure thus becomes insignificant for the intervening fluid even down to a surprisingly low wall separation.

