ABSTRACT
Nano uidics involves the scienti c investigation and technical application of uid ow in systems where a relevant dimension lies between one and a hundred nanometers. is is the conventional de nition of the eld. In practice, relevant work encompasses ows through somewhat larger channels, up to a few hundred nanometers in a cross section. Research into uid ow in this size regime has been greatly facilitated in recent years by the availability of nanoscale tubular carbon structures with intrinsically open central pores. Over 100 studies investigating uid transport involving these materials have been published in the past decade. A number of reviews covering closely related aspects of nano uidics have recently appeared (Bau et al., 2005; Eijkel, 2005; Nicholson and Quirke, 2006; Noy et al., 2007; Whitby and Quirke, 2007; Abgrall and Nguyen, 2008; Mattia and Gogotsi, 2008; Rasaiah et al., 2008; Schoch et al., 2008). Here, we review selected papers with an emphasis on uid transport through the central pores of carbon tubes.
