TY - JOUR A2 - Correa-Duarte, Miguel A. AU - Zhong, Wei-Rong AU - Xu, Zhi-Cheng AU - Yang, Ming-Ming AU - Ai, Bao-Quan PY - 2013 DA - 2013/12/08 TI - Mass Transport Induced by Heat Current in Carbon Nanotubes SP - 386068 VL - 2013 AB - Transport of helium atoms in the carbon nanotubes is investigated in the presence of temperaturegradients. The heat current flowing along the carbon nanotubes can induce a stable directedtransport of helium; it is demonstrated that the heat current density rather than the temperaturegradient performs as a fundamental physical factor to the mass transport. We provide an alternativeroute to control the mass transport by using heat. Our results reported here are also relevant forunderstanding the transition from thermal energy to mechanical energy. SN - 1687-4110 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/386068 DO - 10.1155/2013/386068 JF - Journal of Nanomaterials PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -