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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2007-04-02

发表刊物：APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

收录刊物：SCIE、EI

卷号：90

期号：14

ISSN号：0003-6951

摘要：Carbon nanotubes have a significant application in nanotechnology as nanopipes conveying fluids. In this letter, a pressure control model for transport of liquid mercury through carbon nanotubes using classical molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with an atomistic model is presented. Wetting of single-walled carbon nanotubes by mercury occurs above a threshold pressure of liquid mercury. The liquid mercury can be transported through carbon nanotubes with the continuous increase of its internal pressure. Also, the authors show that single-walled carbon nanotubes can transport liquid mercury discontinuously when a periodical pressure is applied on the liquid. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.