纳米级水力动力学:在碳纳米管中的增强流量
Mainak Majumder1, Nitin Chopra, Rodney Andrews
1Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA.
Nature
|November 4, 2005
概括
研究人员使用对齐的碳纳米管创建了纳米级结构,模仿生物通道. 通过这些碳纳米管膜的液体流动非常快,这是由于几乎没有摩擦的接口.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 纳米技术 纳米技术
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
背景情况:
- 生物细胞通道具有高度选择性的运输和快速流动.
- 在人工纳米结构中模拟这些特性是一个重要的科学挑战,具有广泛的应用潜力.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究液体通过由对齐的碳纳米管组成的膜的流动.
- 为了确定这些结构能否达到与生物系统相美的流速.
主要方法:
- 一种由一系列对齐的碳纳米管组成的膜的制造.
- 通过碳纳米管膜测量液体流速的实验测量.
主要成果:
- 观察到的液体流速比传统流体流量理论预测的速度快四到五个数量级.
- 增强的流量归因于液体和碳纳米管壁之间几乎没有摩擦的接口.
结论:
- 对齐的碳纳米管膜可以促进异常快速的液体运输.
- 几乎没有摩擦的接口是驱动这种高速流动的关键机制.
- 这些发现为纳米级流体学的新应用开辟了道路.
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