Nanotube Electron Drag in Flowing Liquids
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 86 (1) , 131-134
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.131
Abstract
We show that electric current can be generated in metallic carbon nanotubes immersed in liquids flowing along them. Molecular layers of the liquid coat the nanotube, slip along its surface, and excite there a phonon wind, which drags free carriers in the tube. The induced electric current should allow building of nanoscale detectors or power cells.Keywords
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