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• Letter | 07 September 2016

  Massive radius-dependent flow slippage in carbon nanotubes

  The pressure-driven flow rate through individual carbon nanotubes is precisely determined from the hydrodynamics of emerging water jets, revealing unexpectedly large and radius-dependent surface slippage.

  • Eleonora Secchi
  • , Sophie Marbach
  •  & Lydéric Bocquet

• Letter | 07 September 2016

  Molecular transport through capillaries made with atomic-scale precision

  Nanometre-scale graphitic capillaries with atomically flat walls are engineered and studied, revealing unexpectedly fast transport of liquid water through channels that accommodate only a few layers of water.

  • B. Radha
  • , A. Esfandiar
  •  & A. K. Geim

• News & Views | 06 October 2010

  Tiny electrostatic traps

  Methods for trapping tiny particles are increasingly needed, especially for biological assays, but they often involve complicated apparatus. An approach has been discovered that could simplify matters considerably. See Letter p.692

  • Jan C. T. Eijkel
  •  & Albert van den Berg