Atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of capillary filling of silica nano channels. The work is performed in collaboration with University of Concepcion, Chile.
Water transport through nanoscale conduits is of fundamental importance to many natural systems such as biological ion channels, and it is present in many technical applications, e.g., molecular level drug delivery, energy-efficient nanofiltration, and chemical detection. Recent studies conducted in the FM group on nanoscale systems involve the early regime of water capillary flow in slit silica nano channels. The work is performed in collaboration with the University of Concepcion (Chile) and NASA Ames Research Center (USA).
References:
- Zambrano, H. A., Walther, J. H. and Jaffe, R. L., Molecular dynamics simulaitions of water on a hydrophobic silica surface at high air pressures, J. Mol. Liq., 198, 107-113, 2014 (ORBIT Link)
- Oyarzua, E., Walther, J. H., Mejia, A. and Zambrano, H., Early Regimes of Water Capillary Flow in Slit Silica Nanochannels, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17(22), 14731-14739, 2015 (ORBIT Link).