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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Nanoconfined Water"”.
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Measuring The Nanomechanics Of Nanoconfined Water Layers
<p>Nanoconfined water has been the subject of special interest due to its applications in various fields such as biology, geology, medicine, and engineering tribology. While there is a general agreement on the layering of water molecules along atomically smooth surfaces, the behavior and properties …
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The Effect of Nanoconfined Liquid Properties on the Water-Responsive Behavior of Bacterial Cell Walls
<p>Water-responsive (WR) materials have the ability to mechanically swell and shrink in response to changes in relative humidity (RH). These WR materials are used by many biological systems to perform essential tasks; for example, pinecones use WR materials to release their seeds in dry …
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A multiscale framework for structure of confined water and electrolytes
Nanoconfined water and aqueous solutions play a prominent role in nature and technological applications. Understanding molecular origins of the properties of aqueous interfaces is critical to devising novel nanofluidic applications related to energy, water, and health. Near an interface, the …
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Interfacial Properties of Graphene and 2D Materials Heterostructures Investigated by Scanning Probe Microscopy
… energy of the SAM strongly affects the amount of water molecules present at the graphene-SAM interface, which in turn influences the elastic modulus of these graphene-SAM heterostructures. The SPM methods used in this dissertation can provide rich structure-property information about interfaces …
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Phase Behavior, Filling Dynamics, and Packing of Fluids inside Isolated Carbon Nanotubes
… including the single-file transport of water into biological cells and flow through nanoporous geologic media. In this thesis, we develop experimental platforms to study confinement effects on fluid packing, filling, and phase behavior inside isolated, substrate-bound carbon nanotubes …