Thermo-osmosis in silica nanochannels

Thermo-osmosis is a coupled phenomenon describing the fluid flow induced by thermal gradient. Recent studies on thermo-osmosis in clays and within thermal, hydraulic mechanical analysis have revealed importance of this physical processes geo-energy geo-environmental applications. This paper presents series molecular dynamics simulations interfacial water behaviour at vicinity silicate layers to quantify nanochannel size effect thermo-osmotic coefficient reveal some aspects governing mechanisms nanoscale space. Our results show that emerges from specific liquid structure controlled channel width. The overlapping interfering boundary lead variations response with findings not only facilitate basic knowledge thermo-osmosis, but also contribute insights methods analyse wider category heat mass transfer problems nanometric