title: Surface-mediated liquid transport through molecularly thin liquid films on nanotubes.
abstract: We studied surface-mediated liquid transport through molecularly thin films on individual nanotubes in ambient conditions. The surface fluid with molecular thickness (approximately 10 A) flowed at a constant speed (approximately 10 microm/s) and volume flow rate (approximately 10 al/s) along the nanotubes. The volume flow rate Q follows the power law dependence Q approximately d2.4 on the nanotube diameter d, which is explained with a generic microscopic model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Kyungsuk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yum
authors.forename: Min-Feng
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Yu