Abstract:We observe by computer simulations a remarkable long-distance rare but repetitive exchange of ethanol molecules between the two parallel graphene surfaces in nanoconfined aqueous ethanol solutions. We compute the rate of exchange as a function of the separation (d) between the two surfaces. We discover that the initiating (or, the launching) step in this exchange is the attainment of an instantaneous orientation of the carbon-oxygen bond vector relative to the graphene surface. This observation led us to const… Show more
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