Rapid transport of gases in carbon nanotubes |
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Authors: | Skoulidas Anastasios I Ackerman David M Johnson J Karl Sholl David S |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. |
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Abstract: | We report atomistic simulations for both self- and transport diffusivities of light gases in carbon nanotubes and in two zeolites with comparable pore sizes. We find that transport rates in nanotubes are orders of magnitude faster than in the zeolites we have studied or in any microporous material for which experimental data are available. The exceptionally high transport rates in nanotubes are shown to be a result of the inherent smoothness of the nanotubes. We predict that carbon nanotube membranes will have fluxes that are orders of magnitude greater than crystalline zeolite membranes. |
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