FLUID FLOW IN NANOTUBES - Foundations of Nanotechnology: Pore Size in Carbon-Based Nano-Adsorbents - page 204

FIGURE 4.2 Variation of viscosity and slip length with CNT diameter.

C

  ,

Ld L

 

(4.5)

S S

3

d

where,

S L =30 nm - slip length on a planesheet ofgraphene; C - const.
Figure 4.3 shows dependence of the enhancementof the flow rate e on the
diameter for all seven CNTs.

, ∞

FIGURE 4.3 Flow enhancement as predicted from MD simulations [73].