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Kinetics of water filling the hydrophobic channels of narrow carbon nanotubes studied by molecular dynamics simulations
Authors:Wu Kefei  Zhou Bo  Xiu Peng  Qi Wenpeng  Wan Rongzheng  Fang Haiping
Institution:Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:The kinetics of water filling narrow single-walled carbon nanotubes was studied using molecular dynamics simulations. The time required to fully fill a nanotube was linear with respect to the tube length. We observed that water molecules could enter into nanotubes of different lengths, either from one end or from both ends. The probability of having a nanotube filled completely from both ends increased exponentially with the tube length. For short tubes, filling usually proceeded from only one end. For long tubes, filling generally proceeded from both tube ends over three stages, i.e., filling from one end, filling from both ends, and filling from both ends with the dipole reorientation of water molecules to give a concerted ordering within the fully filled tube. The water molecules in the partially filled nanotube were hydrogen bonded similarly to those in the fully filled nanotube. Simulations for the reference Lennard-Jones fluid without hydrogen bonds were also performed and showed that the filling behavior of water molecules can be attributed to strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
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