Nanoscale Fluid Transport

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-12

3. Methodology

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4. Correlation Between Interfacial Water Properties and Hydrodynamic Boundary Conditions

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5. The Role of Thin and Mobile Electric Double Layer in Water Purification and Energy Storage

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6. Water and Methane in Shale Rocks: Flow Pattern Effects on Fluid Transport and Pore Structure

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7. Summary and Outlook

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8. Back Matter

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This thesis demonstrates how molecular modeling techniques can be used to gain significant insights into numerous applications that are increasingly attracting research interest because of their societal importance. It presents innovative ideas that, by altering the fundamental physical phenomena occurring at the solid/liquid interface, allow the fluid transport in nanochannels to be manipulated so as to improve the performance of the practical applications. The applications explicitly considered in this thesis are the design of drag-reducing and self-cleaning surfaces; water desalination; and shale gas exploration – all of which are, to some extent, governed by nanoscale fluid transport. Overall, this thesis is useful for students and researchers entering the field who wish to understand how molecular modeling can improve the performance in a wide range of applications.

• Molecular Modeling
• Shale Gas
• Water Desalination
• Energy Storage
• Hydrodynamic Boundary Condition
• Drag-Reduction
• Self-Cleaning Surfaces
• Hydrophobic
• Hydrophilic

• Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA

  Tuan Anh Ho

Tuan Anh Ho received his B.S in chemical engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering of University College London, UK in 2015. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories, USA. His research focuses on studying the adsorption and release mechanism of natural gas in shale nanopores.

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