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News Release 05-194

Slippery When Wet

Fluids race through nearly frictionless carbon nanotubes

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Water travels through carbon nanotubes faster than models predict.

In this illustration, water travels through carbon nanotubes at a rate 10,000 to 100,000 times faster than models predict.

Credit: M. Denomme, University of Kentucky


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