BSc (Hons)
Contact details for Ms Sarah Brookes: S.Brookes@griffith.edu.au
Thesis Title
Fluids in Nanopores
Description
Confining a fluid to a nanopore introduces a wall force which can affect the structure and properties of the fluid. The different effects of confining a fluid are at present not well understood and are important not only from a scientific interest but commercially with applications in the areas of chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. By using Molecular Dynamics simulations and statistical mechanics theory various properties can be evaluated in both confined and bulk systems.
Supervisors
Professor Debra Bernhardt
Professor Greg Hope
Research Expertise
- Non-equilibrium fluids
- Molecular dynamics simulations
- Study of confined fluids
Publications
- S. J. Brookes, D. J. Searles, and K. P. Travis,. ‘The Effect of Confinement and Wall Structure on the Kinetics of Isomerization of n Butane.’ Mol. Sim. 35, 172 (2009)