Abstract
The lateral electric field affects a single-file water molecules transport through a disjoint carbon nanotube (DCNT). Nevertheless, it is not clear whether this phenomenon still exists when the diameter of the DCNT gradually increases. Herein, we use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the transport of water molecules through the DCNTs with different diameters under the influence of the lateral electric fields. We find that the occupancy of water molecules, the flow rate and the flux rate within the large DCNTs decrease greatly when the lateral electric field increases from 0V/nm to 1.0V/nm, whereas the occupancy of water molecules, the flow rate and the flux rate within the small DCNTs decrease slightly when the lateral electric field increases from 0V/nm to 1.0V/nm. Our results are beneficial to understand the diameter effect of the DCNT on water transport and design novel nanoscale devices.
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