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L. X. Dong, X. Y. Tao, M. Hamdi, L. Zhang, X. B. Zhang, A. Ferreira, B. J. Nelson, "Nanotube Boiler: Attogram Copper Evaporation Driven by Electric Current, Joule Heating, Charge, and Ionization", IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, No. 5, September 2009, pp. 565-568.

BibTeX entry

@ARTICLE{Dong_09_02,
	Author = {Lixin X. Dong and X. Y. Tao and Mustapha Hamdi and Li Zhang and X. B. Zhang and Antoine Ferreira and Bradley J. Nelson},
	Title = {Nanotube Boiler: Attogram Copper Evaporation Driven by Electric Current, Joule Heating, Charge, and Ionization},
	Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology},
	Volume = {8},
	Number = {5},
	Month = {September},
	Year = {2009},
	Pages = {pp. 565-568},
	Abstract = {Controlled copper evaporation at attogram level from individual carbon nanotube (CNT) vessels, which we call nanotube boilers, is investigated experimentally and theoretically. We compared the evaporation modes induced by electric current, Joule heating, charge, and ionization in these CNT boilers, which can serve as sources for mass transport and deposition in nanofluidic systems. Experiments and molecular dynamics simulations show that the most effective method for evaporation is by positively ionizing the encapsulated copper; therefore, an electrostatic field can be used to guide the flow.},
	Keywords = {Carbon nanotube, nanoboiler, nanofluidics, nanorobotic manipulation, transmission electron microscope}
}

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