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Thiemann F, Schran C, Rowe P, Müller EA, Michaelides A. Water Flow in Single-Wall Nanotubes: Oxygen Makes It Slip, Hydrogen Makes It Stick. ACS NANO 2022; 16:10775-10782. [PMID: 35726839 PMCID: PMC9331139 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c02784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Experimental measurements have reported ultrafast and radius-dependent water transport in carbon nanotubes which are absent in boron nitride nanotubes. Despite considerable effort, the origin of this contrasting (and fascinating) behavior is not understood. Here, with the aid of machine learning-based molecular dynamics simulations that deliver first-principles accuracy, we investigate water transport in single-wall carbon and boron nitride nanotubes. Our simulations reveal a large, radius-dependent hydrodynamic slippage on both materials, with water experiencing indeed a ≈5 times lower friction on carbon surfaces compared to boron nitride. Analysis of the diffusion mechanisms across the two materials reveals that the fast water transport on carbon is governed by facile oxygen motion, whereas the higher friction on boron nitride arises from specific hydrogen-nitrogen interactions. This work not only delivers a clear reference of quantum mechanical accuracy for water flow in single-wall nanotubes but also provides detailed mechanistic insight into its radius and material dependence for future technological application.
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- Fabian
L. Thiemann
- Thomas
Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics
and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United
Kingdom
- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Thomas
Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics
and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United
Kingdom
- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Thomas
Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics
and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United
Kingdom
- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Thomas
Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics
and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United
Kingdom
- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Bahamon D, Vega LF. Molecular simulations of phenol and ibuprofen removal from water using multilayered graphene oxide membranes. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1662129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- D. Bahamon
- Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH), Catalysis and Separation Center (CeCaS), Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH), Catalysis and Separation Center (CeCaS), Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Tao J, Song X, Chen W, Zhao S, Liu H. Thermostat effect on water transport dynamics across CNT membranes. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2018.1475740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- Jiabo Tao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai, P.R. China
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K. VP, Kannam SK, Hartkamp R, Sathian SP. Water desalination using graphene nanopores: influence of the water models used in simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:16005-16011. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00919h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Water desalination using graphene nanopores was studied using different water models. The water permeation was found to be influenced by the bulk transport properties and the hydrogen-bond dynamics of the simulated water.
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- Vishnu Prasad K.
- Department of Applied Mechanics
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Chennai
- India
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- Faculty of Science
- Engineering and Technology
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Melbourne
- Australia
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- Process and Energy Department
- Delft University of Technology
- 2628 CB Delft
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Mechanics
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Chennai
- India
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Multiscale molecular simulations of the formation and structure of polyamide membranes created by interfacial polymerization. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Al-Hamdani YS, Alfè D, Michaelides A. How strongly do hydrogen and water molecules stick to carbon nanomaterials? J Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4977180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Yasmine S. Al-Hamdani
- Thomas Young Centre and London Centre for Nanotechnology, 17–19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre and London Centre for Nanotechnology, 17–19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
- Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre and London Centre for Nanotechnology, 17–19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Striolo A, Michaelides A, Joly L. The Carbon-Water Interface: Modeling Challenges and Opportunities for the Water-Energy Nexus. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2016; 7:533-56. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-080615-034455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Providing clean water and sufficient affordable energy to all without compromising the environment is a key priority in the scientific community. Many recent studies have focused on carbon-based devices in the hope of addressing this grand challenge, justifying and motivating detailed studies of water in contact with carbonaceous materials. Such studies are becoming increasingly important because of the miniaturization of newly proposed devices, with ubiquitous nanopores, large surface-to-volume ratio, and many, perhaps most of the water molecules in contact with a carbon-based surface. In this brief review, we discuss some recent advances obtained via simulations and experiments in the development of carbon-based materials for applications in water desalination. We suggest possible ways forward, with particular emphasis on the synergistic combination of experiments and simulations, with simulations now sometimes offering sufficient accuracy to provide fundamental insights. We also point the interested reader to recent works that complement our short summary on the state of the art of this important and fascinating field.
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- Alberto Striolo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
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- Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon, France
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Muscatello J, Jaeger F, Matar OK, Müller EA. Optimizing Water Transport through Graphene-Based Membranes: Insights from Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:12330-6. [PMID: 27121070 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Recent experimental results suggest that stacked layers of graphene oxide exhibit strong selective permeability to water. To construe this observation, the transport mechanism of water permeating through a membrane consisting of layered graphene sheets is investigated via nonequilibrium and equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The effect of sheet geometry is studied by changing the offset between the entrance and exit slits of the membrane. The simulation results reveal that the permeability is not solely dominated by entrance effects; the path traversed by water molecules has a considerable impact on the permeability. We show that contrary to speculation in the literature, water molecules do not pass through the membrane as a hydrogen-bonded chain; instead, they form well-mixed fluid regions confined between the graphene sheets. The results of the present work are used to provide guidelines for the development of graphene and graphene oxide membranes for desalination and solvent separation.
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- Jordan Muscatello
- Department of Chemical Engineering, and ‡Department of Physics, Imperial College London , SW7 2AZ, London, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, and ‡Department of Physics, Imperial College London , SW7 2AZ, London, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, and ‡Department of Physics, Imperial College London , SW7 2AZ, London, U.K
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, and ‡Department of Physics, Imperial College London , SW7 2AZ, London, U.K
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Werth S, Stöbener K, Klein P, Küfer KH, Horsch M, Hasse H. Molecular modelling and simulation of the surface tension of real quadrupolar fluids. Chem Eng Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Niethammer C, Becker S, Bernreuther M, Buchholz M, Eckhardt W, Heinecke A, Werth S, Bungartz HJ, Glass CW, Hasse H, Vrabec J, Horsch M. ls1 mardyn: The Massively Parallel Molecular Dynamics Code for Large Systems. J Chem Theory Comput 2014; 10:4455-64. [PMID: 26588142 DOI: 10.1021/ct500169q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The molecular dynamics simulation code ls1 mardyn is presented. It is a highly scalable code, optimized for massively parallel execution on supercomputing architectures and currently holds the world record for the largest molecular simulation with over four trillion particles. It enables the application of pair potentials to length and time scales that were previously out of scope for molecular dynamics simulation. With an efficient dynamic load balancing scheme, it delivers high scalability even for challenging heterogeneous configurations. Presently, multicenter rigid potential models based on Lennard-Jones sites, point charges, and higher-order polarities are supported. Due to its modular design, ls1 mardyn can be extended to new physical models, methods, and algorithms, allowing future users to tailor it to suit their respective needs. Possible applications include scenarios with complex geometries, such as fluids at interfaces, as well as nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation of heat and mass transfer.
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- Christoph Niethammer
- High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart , Nobelstr. 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Kaiserslautern , Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 44, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart , Nobelstr. 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- TU München , Chair for Scientific Computing in Computer Science, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- TU München , Chair for Scientific Computing in Computer Science, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- TU München , Chair for Scientific Computing in Computer Science, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- University of Kaiserslautern , Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 44, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- TU München , Chair for Scientific Computing in Computer Science, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart , Nobelstr. 19, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Kaiserslautern , Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 44, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- University of Paderborn , Laboratory of Thermodynamics and Energy Technology, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- University of Kaiserslautern , Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 44, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Thomas M, Corry B, Hilder TA. What have we learnt about the mechanisms of rapid water transport, ion rejection and selectivity in nanopores from molecular simulation? SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2014; 10:1453-1465. [PMID: 24851242 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201302968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Nanopores have demonstrated an extraordinary ability to allow water molecules to pass through their interiors at rates far exceeding expectations based on continuum theory. Moreover, simulation studies suggest that particular nanoscale pores have the potential to discriminate between water and salts as well as to distinguish between a range of different ion types. Some of the unusual features of transport in these nanopores have been elucidated with molecular dynamics simulation, specifically the spontaneous filling and rapid transport of water, the rejection of ions and the selection between ions. The main focus of this review, however, is the physical mechanisms which act to produce such remarkable behaviour at this scale, drawing on the many studies that have been conducted in the last decade. Since molecular dynamics simulations allow the motion of individual atoms to be followed over time, they have the potential to provide fundamental insight into the reasons why transport in nanoscale pores differs from expectations based on macroscopic theory. Gaining an understanding of the mechanisms of transport in these tiny pores should guide future experiments in this area aimed at developing novel technologies and improving existing membrane separation techniques.
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Das R, Ali ME, Hamid SBA, Ramakrishna S, Chowdhury ZZ. Carbon nanotube membranes for water purification: A bright future in water desalination. DESALINATION 2014; 336:97-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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