Fluid structure and transport properties of water inside carbon nanotubes.

The fluid structure and transport properties of water confined in single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with different diameters have been investigated by molecular-dynamics simulation. The effects of CNT diameter, density of water, and temperature on the molecular distributions and transport behaviors of water were analyzed. It is interesting that the water molecules ordered in helix inside the (10, 10) CNT, and the layered distribution was clearly observed. It was found that the axial and radial diffusivities in CNTs were much lower than that of the bulk, and it ever decreased as the diameter of CNT decreases. The axial thermal conductivity and shear viscosity in CNTs are obviously larger than that of the bulk and those in the radial direction, they increase sharply as the diameter of CNT decreases, which is clearly in contrast to the diffusivity. The inner space of CNT and the interactions between water molecules and the confining walls play a key role in the structure and transport properties of water confined in the CNTs.

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