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The Navier slip condition describes the motion of a liquid, relative to a neighboring solid surface, with its characteristic Navier slip length being a constitutive property of the solid-liquid interface. Measurement of this slip length is…
In this paper, we applied the Shan-Chen multiphase Lattice Boltzmann method to simulate two different parameters, contact angle (a static parameter) and slip length (a dynamic parameter), and we proposed a relationship between them by…
We present a versatile setup for investigating the nanofluidic behavior of nanoparticles as a function of the gap distance between two confining surfaces. The setup is designed as an open system which operates with small amounts of…
This article discusses the way the standard description of capillary filling dynamics has to be modified to account for liquid/solid slip in nanometric pores. It focuses in particular on the case of a large slip length compared to the pore…
We report here a fully atomistic molecular dynamics study on the dynamics of impact of water nanodroplets (100 {\AA} of diameter) at high velocities (from 1 up to 15 {\AA}/ps) against graphene targets. Our results show that tuning graphene…
Tens of graphene transistors with nanoperforated channels and different channel lengths were fabricated at the wafer scale. The nanoholes have a central diameter of 20 nm and a period of 100 nm, the lengths of the channel being of 1, 2, 4…
The shape of a microchannel cross-section is usually affected by a significant uncertainty due to the small hydraulic diameter. Such an uncertainty is indeed present at any scale, but is amplified in smaller scales, becoming significantly…
We performed molecular dynamics simulations to study equilibrium and flow properties of a liquid in a nano-channel with confining surfaces coated with a layer of grafted semiflexible polymers. The coverage spans a wide range of grafting…
The analysis of nano-and microparticle suspensions with micro systems affords improved space-time yields, selectivity, reaction residence times and conversions capabilities. These capabilities are of primary importance in various fields of…
Plastic nanoparticles present technological opportunities and environmental concerns, but measurement challenges impede product development and hazard assessment. To meet these challenges, we advance a lateral nanoflow assay that integrates…
Three dimensionally curved graphene with a wide range of curvature radii from 25 nm to 1000 nm demonstrates that nano-scale curvature is a new degree of freedom to tune the transport properties of graphene by manipulating 2D electron…
We study the forced displacement of a fluid-fluid interface in a three-dimensional channel formed by two parallel solid plates. Using a Lattice-Boltzmann method, we study situations in which a slip velocity arises from diffusion effects…
Using equilibrium and non-equilibrium molecular dynamic (MD) simulations, we found that engineering the strain on the graphene planes forming a channel can drastically change the interfacial friction of water transport through it. There is…
Semi-permeable membranes are important elements in water purification and energy generation applications, for which the atomic thickness and strength of graphene can enhance efficiency and permeation rate while maintaining good selectivity.…
Integrating graphene with plasmonic nanostructures results in multifunctional hybrid systems with enhanced performance for numerous applications. In this work, we take advantage of the remarkable mechanical properties of graphene to combine…
We performed non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics simulations of water flow in nano-channels with the aim of discriminating {\it static} from {\it dynamic} contributions of the solid surface to the slip length of the molecular flow. We show…
The ability to create high-quality lateral p-n junctions at nanometer length scales is essential for the next generation of two-dimensional (2D) electronic and plasmonic devices. Using a charge-transfer heterostructure consisting of…
Molecular dynamics simulations were used to explain the origin and properties of electrical double-layer capacitance in short graphene nanochannels with width below 2 nm. The results explain the previously reported experimental result on…
Graphene-based 2D heterostructures exhibit excellent mechanical and electrical properties, which are expected to exhibit better performances than graphene for nanoelectromechanical pressure sensors. Here, we built the pressure sensor models…
We present an experimental method allowing to quantify slip at the wall in viscous polymer fluids, based on the observation of the evolution under simple shear flow of a photobleached pattern within a fluorescent labeled polymer melt. This…