The flow of water across multilayer graphene-based membranes involves multiple twists and turns. We present a theoretical framework which successfully predicts the permeability across such labyrinthine structures. It provides a benchmark to which experimental data are favorably compared, and offers possibility of application as liquid separation membranes.
Hiroaki Yoshida is researcher at Toyota Central R&D Labs. (TCRDL), Inc. After receiving his Ph.D in Engineering from Kyoto University, he has worked on modelling and simulation of lithium ion batteries at TCRDL. In 2015-2017 he stayed at École Normale Supérieure in Paris as a visiting researcher. His field of interest ranges from computational fluid dynamics and molecular dynamics, to nanofluidics and surface phenomena.
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