Publication
Title
Slippage dynamics of confined water in graphene oxide capillaries
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Abstract
The permeation of water between neighboring graphene oxide (GO) flakes, i.e., 2D nanochannels, are investigated using a simple model for the GO membrane. We simulate the hydrophilic behavior of nanocapillaries and study the effect of surface charge on the dynamical properties of water flow and the influence of Na+ and Cl- ions on water permeation. Our approach is based on extensive equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to obtain a better understanding of water permeation through charged nanochannels in the presence of ions. We found significant change in the slippage dynamics of confined water such as a profound increase in viscosity/slip length with increasing charges over the surface. The slip length decreases one order of magnitude (i.e., 1/30) with increasing density of surface charge, while it increases by a factor of 2 with ion concentration. We found that commensurability induced by nanoconfinement plays an important role on the intrinsic dynamical properties of water.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review materials / American Physical Society. - College Park, Md, 2017, currens
Publication
College Park, Md : American Physical Society , 2018
ISSN
2475-9953 [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVMATERIALS.2.074004
Volume/pages
2 :7 (2018) , 9 p.
Article Reference
074004
ISI
000439435200006
Medium
E-only publicatie
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 02.08.2018
Last edited 22.01.2024
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