Orientation order of a nonpolar molecular fluid compressed into a nanosmall space

Abstract

The ordering structures of non-polar carbon tetrachloride liquid compressed to nano-scales between parallel substrates is studied in this work. The theoretical considerations show that the potential well formed by the...

The curvature effect on the distribution behavior of nonpolar atoms in nano-confined space

“…However, in most studies, the layering property is also found to be critical when the number of confined particles increases to a certain value. 32–34 For example, Wang et al applied MD simulations to investigate the adsorption of hydrocarbons in nanoscale pores of unconventional systems, which revealed that multiple layers of the adsorbed gas phase and liquid phase hydrocarbons exist in the confined pore space. 9 In this case, as the particle density inside the confined space is very high and the confined space is very small, layer formation is regulated by the interaction between the particle and the surface, as well as the entropy, which may lead to several layered structures.…”