Exploring transport and phase behavior in nanoporous carbon materials
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Author(s)
Shimizu, Steven (Steven Franklin Esau)
Advisor(s)
Michael S. Strano.
Date Issued
2015
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Understanding transport and phase behavior in nanopores has a substantial impact on applications involving membrane fabrication, single-molecule detection, oil reservoir modeling, and drug delivery. While transport and phase behavior in larger nanopores (>50 nm) approach bulk or are well-described by continuum models, much less is known about much smaller nanopores where the diameter of the pore is on the order of the molecular size of the internal fluid. This thesis provides experimental insight into the diameter dependence of ionic transport and fluid phase transitions inside carbon nanotube (CNT) nanopores (1-2 nm). For substances confined inside slightly larger pore sizes (roughly 4-25 nm in diameter), methods are presented for predicting the diameter-dependent freezing point changes. This work also demonstrates the use of patch clamp for generating and studying soft polymer-based nanopores.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2015.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157).
Subjects
Chemical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
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