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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Volume 188, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.122587
Keywords
EDL; Stern layer; Reverse EOF; Electric field intensity; Counter-ion exchange
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51676124]
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The effect of electric field intensity on reverse electroosmotic flow of an aqueous KCl solution confined in a charged nanotube was analyzed using molecular dynamics simulations. It was discovered that some counter-ions assumed to be immobile in the Stern layer can escape under the action of external electric field. The degree of charge inversion was found to be negatively proportional to the electric field intensity. The reverse electroosmotic flow velocity showed a cubic function relationship with the electric field intensity.
In the electric double layer (EDL) theory, the Stern layer formation under external electric field has not been clearly understood so far. In this work, the effect of electric field intensity ( E ) on reverse electroosmotic flow (EOF) of an aqueous KCl solution confined in a charged nanotube was analyzed based on the MD simulations. The counter-ions in Stern layer captured by the surface charges were generally assumed to be immobile ones, however, our results reveal that the partial of them can escape under the action of external electric field. The charge inversion degree is found negatively proportional to the E . The reverse EOF velocity shows a cubic function of the E , it increases then decreases as the E increases, in which the electric driving force and the charge inversion degree are the dominant factors, respectively. Our findings can contribute to the fundamental understanding of EOF behavior in nano-fluidic channel. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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