Increase in Disorder Leads Water to Fill Nanotubes (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Increase in Disorder Leads Water to Fill Nanotubes

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Caltech researchers believe entropy can explain why water spontaneously (and unexpectedly) fills carbon nanotubes. This image from the Caltech team's simulations features a cutaway of a 2.0 nanometer-diameter carbon nanotube, revealing confined water molecules.

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Caltech/Tod Pascal

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