Paraffin based nanofluids are widely used as thermal energy storage materials and hold many applications in the energy industry. In this work, equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations are employed to study the thermal properties of the mixed nanofluids of n-octadecane and Cu nanoparticles during phase transition. Four different nanofluids systems with different mass ratios ...

This study utilizes molecular dynamics simulations to scrutinize the influence of type and volume fraction nanoparticle on density nanofluids, i.e. silver (as a hydrophilic case) titanium dioxide hydrophobic water-based nanofluids. Ionic structure TiO2 distinguishes solid-liquid interactions with those in silver-water nanofluid. The thickness nanolayer is estimated from profile formed around in...

interference with microtubule polymerization results in cell cycle arrest leading to cell death. colchicine is a well-known microtubule polymerization inhibitor which does so by binding to a specific site on tubulin. a set of 3',4'-bis (substituted phenyl)-4'h-spiro[indene-2,5'-isoxazol]-1(3h)-one derivatives with known antiproliferative activities were evaluated for their t...

It is well known that the specific heat of a transfer fluid can be significantly improved by addition nanoparticles to form so-called nanofluid, but origin effect not completely understood yet. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations in nanofluid consisting palladium commercial fluid, demonstrate significant fraction (nearly half) enhancement associated presence due strong chemisorption int...

Nanofluids are suspended nano-sized particles in a base fluid. With increasing demand for more high efficiency thermal systems, nanofluids seem to be a promising option for researchers. As a result, numerous investigations have been undertaken to understand the behaviors of nanofluids. Since their discovery, the thermo-physical properties of nanofluids have been under intense research. Inadequa...

Supermolecular quantum dots (QDs) nanofluids have been firstly proposed and synthesized by virtue of the strong inclusion interactions between α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains, resulting in tunable liquid-like behaviour, and controllable assembly of single QDs.

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