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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"nano-confinement"”.
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Molecular Dynamics Study of Nano-confinement Effect on Hydrocarbons Fluid Phase Behavior and Composition in Organic Shale
… and pressures, in association to a complex nanopore structure, in which reservoir fluids are now encountered, instigate further investigation of fluid phase behavior and composition, and challenge conventional macroscale reservoir simulation predictions. Moreover, the unusual high …
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Investigation of Nanopore Confinement Effects on Convective and Diffusive Multicomponent Multiphase Fluid Transport in Shale using In-House Simulation Models
… of shale rocks. In tight shale reservoirs, the nano-confinement effects that include large gas-oil capillary pressure and critical property shifts could alter the phase behaviors, thereby affecting the oil or gas production. In this research, two in-house simulation models, i.e., a …
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Block Copolymer Derived Porous Carbon Fiber for Energy and Environmental Science
… greatly contributes to the carbon field as the nano-scale architecture significantly influences performance and functionality. The next section uses PCF to clean water sources that are often tainted with undesirable ions such as salts and pollutants. Deionization or electrosorption is an …
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Polymer Structure and Dynamics in Nano-Confinements: Polymer Nanocomposiets and Cylindrical Confinement
… applications and many of these strategies impose confinement on polymers. As nanotechnology and manufacturing technology advance, the confinement lengths keep shrinking and approaching the size of a single chain. While the final properties of polymer products are important for the applications, …
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Molecular Interfaces and Heterogeneous Bubble Nucleation From Heated Surfaces At Nanoscale
… significantly by incorporating micro and nanoscale features onto surfaces. Phase change heat transfer plays an important role in dissipating energy from hot surfaces and distributing it to bulk liquid due to high latent heat of liquids. Boiling, a phase change heat transfer phenomenon, …
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Flow of ionic liquids in nanoconfinement
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Modeling of mechanical energy dissipation of low-dimensional resonators
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) made from low-dimensional materials based on carbon, transition metal dichalcogenides, and their combinations have opened up new possibilities in high-precision sensing, signal processing, and studies of fundamental physical phenomena. In the heart of the NEMS …
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Thermal Management Using Liquid-vapor Phase Change in Nanochannels
… wicking and liquid-vapor phase-change in micro/nano structured surfaces are key aspects towards advancing heat transfer solutions. In this work, fundamental understanding of droplet wicking, thin-film evaporation, and their subsequent application of heat-flux removal for cooling technology is …
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Direct 3D and in situ characterization of light metal hydrides for hydrogen storage
… with catalytic additives in conjunction with nano-structuring via high-energy ball-milling or by infiltration into mesoporous scaffolds. Although the hydrogen performance of these materials has been extensively studied, the characterization of the morphology, microstructure, and catalyst …