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Günay MG, Kemerli U, Karaman C, Karaman O, Güngör A, Karimi-Maleh H. Review of functionalized nano porous membranes for desalination and water purification: MD simulations perspective. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 217:114785. [PMID: 36395866 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Today, it is known that most of the water sources in the world are either drying out or contaminated. With the increasing population, the water demand is increasing drastically almost in every sector each year, which makes processes like water treatment and desalination one of the most critical environmental subjects of the future. Therefore, developing energy-efficient and faster methods are a must for the industry. Using functional groups on the membranes is known to be an effective way to develop shorter routes for water treatment. Accordingly, a review of nano-porous structures having functional groups used or designed for desalination and water treatment is presented in this study. A systematic scan has been conducted in the literature for the studies performed by molecular dynamics simulations. The selected studies have been classified according to membrane geometry, actuation mechanism, functionalized groups, and contaminant materials. Permeability, rejection rate, pressure, and temperature ranges are compiled for all of the studies examined. It has been observed that the pore size of a well-designed membrane should be small enough to reject contaminant molecules, atoms, or ions but wide enough to allow high water permeation. Adding functional groups to membranes is observed to affect the permeability and the rejection rate. In general, hydrophilic functional groups around the pores increase membrane permeability. In contrast, hydrophobic ones decrease the permeability. Besides affecting water permeation, the usage of charged functional groups mainly affects the rejection rate of ions and charged molecules.
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- M Gökhan Günay
- Mechanical Engineering Department, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Electricity and Energy, Akdeniz University, Antalya, 07070, Turkey; School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
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- Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Akdeniz University, Antalya, 07070, Turkey.
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
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- School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.O. Box 611731, Xiyuan Ave, Chengdu, PR China; Department of Chemical Engineering, Quchan University of Technology, Quchan, 9477177870, Iran; Department of Sustainable Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602105, India.
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Kaviani S, Tayurskii DA, Nedopekin OV, Piyanzina I. DFT insight into Cd2+, Hg2+, Pb2+, Sn2+, As3+, Sb3+, and Cr3+ heavy metal ions adsorption onto surface of bowl-like B30 nanosheet. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Majidi S, Erfan-Niya H, Azamat J, Cruz-Chú ER, Honoré Walther J. The performance of a C2N membrane for heavy metal ions removal from water under external electric field. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sharma BB, Govind Rajan A. How Grain Boundaries and Interfacial Electrostatic Interactions Modulate Water Desalination via Nanoporous Hexagonal Boron Nitride. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:1284-1300. [PMID: 35120291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c09287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To fulfill the increasing demand for drinking water, researchers are currently exploring nanoporous two-dimensional materials, such as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), as potential desalination membranes. A prominent, yet unsolved challenge is to understand how such membranes will perform in the presence of defects or surface charge in the membrane material. In this work, we study the effect of grain boundaries (GBs) and interfacial electrostatic interactions on the desalination performance of bicrystalline nanoporous hBN using classical molecular dynamics simulations supported by quantum-mechanical density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We investigate three different nanoporous bicrystalline hBN configurations, with symmetric tilt GBs having misorientation angles of 13.2, 21.8, and 32.2°. Using lattice dynamics calculations, we find that grain boundaries alter the areas and shapes of nanopores in bicrystalline hBN, as compared to the nanopores in monocrystalline hBN. We observe that, although bicrystalline nanoporous hBN with a misorientation angle of 13.2° shows an improved water flow rate by ∼30%, it demonstrates reduced Na+ ion rejection by ∼6%, as compared to monocrystalline hBN. We also uncover the role of the nanopore shape in water desalination, finding that more elongated pores with smaller sizes (in 21.8- and 32.2°-misoriented bicrystalline hBN) can match water permeation through less elongated pores of slightly larger sizes, with a concomitant ∼3-4% decrease in Na+ rejection. Simulations also predict that the water flow rate is significantly affected by interfacial electrostatic interactions. Indeed, the water flow rate is the highest when altered partial charges on B and N atoms were determined using DFT calculations, as compared to when no partial charges or bulk partial charges (i.e., charged hBN) were considered. Overall, our work on water/ion transport through nanopores in bicrystalline hBN indicates that the presence of GBs and surface charge can lead, respectively, to a decrease in the ion rejection and water permeation performance of hBN membranes.
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- Bharat Bhushan Sharma
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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Majidi S, Erfan-Niya H, Azamat J, Cruz-Chú ER, Walther JH. Efficient Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions through Functionalized γ-Graphyne-1 Membranes under External Uniform Electric Fields: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:12254-12263. [PMID: 34724377 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Carbon-based nanosheet membranes with functionalized pores have great potential as water treatment membranes. In this study, the separation of Hg2+ and Cu2+ as heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions using a functionalized γ-graphyne-1 nanosheet membrane is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. The simulation systems consist of a γ-graphyne-1 nanosheet with -COOH or -NH2 functional groups on the edge of pores placed in an aqueous solution containing CuCl2 and HgCl2. An external electric field is applied as a driving force across the membrane for the separation of heavy metal ions using these functionalized pores. The ion-membrane and water molecule-membrane interaction energies, the radial distribution function of cations, the retention time and permeation of ions through the membrane, the density profile of water and ions, and the hydrogen bond in the system are investigated, and these results reveal that the performance of -NH2-functionalized γ-graphyne-1 is better than that of -COOH-functionalized γ-graphyne-1 in the separation of Cu2+, while the Hg2+ cations encounter a high energy barrier as they pass through the membrane, especially in the -COOH-functionalized pore, due to their larger ionic radius and the smaller pore size of this membrane.
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- Sima Majidi
- Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Nils Koppels Allé, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Farhangian University, 1417935840 Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima 15102, Peru
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Nils Koppels Allé, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.,Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Clausiusstrasse 33, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Mohammadi MD, Abdullah HY, Suvitha A. The Adsorption of 1-Chloro-1,2,2,2-Tetrafluoroethane Onto the Pristine, Al-, and Ga-Doped Boron Nitride Nanosheet. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRANSACTIONS A: SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40995-021-01117-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Vasseghian Y, Sadeghi Rad S, Vilas-Boas JA, Khataee A. A global systematic review, meta-analysis, and risk assessment of the concentration of vanadium in drinking water resources. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 267:128904. [PMID: 33199109 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The presence of toxic metals such as vanadium in water resources has attracted considerable attention as a new concern in international health. Systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to assess the concentration of vanadium in water resources along with the relevant ecological risk assessment. Databases of Scopus, PubMed, and Embase were investigated to retrieve the related articles from January 01, 1974 to December 25, 2019. Twenty-eight articles containing 152 samples from 24 countries were included. Furthermore, the meta-analysis was conducted by the approach of z-score to estimate differences in the effect size. In addition, the mean of concentrations of vanadium was applied to calculate the risk assessment only to the water surface and choose the maximum environmental concentration (MEC) for demonstrate a worst-case scenario. Here, the risk assessment approach was used to show that the MEC of vanadium confirm the risk it for aquatic ecosystems, being fish (e.g., Danio rerio) our model organism due to their sensibility. According to findings, the MEC of vanadium in surface water varied from 0.010 μg L-1 (USA) and 68 μg L-1 (China), with an overall mean of 6.21 ± 13.3 μg L-1 (mean ± standard deviation). The ecological risk assessment demonstrated that people living in some countries such as China and Japan were at an adverse ecological risk of vanadium in the water resources. Hence, essential control plans besides adequate removal techniques must be implemented for significant deracination of heavy metals like vanadium.
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- Yasser Vasseghian
- Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam; The Faculty of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471, Tabriz, Iran
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- Laboratório de Protozoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471, Tabriz, Iran; Рeoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, Russia.
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Functionalized boron nitride nanosheet as a membrane for removal of Pb2+ and Cd2+ ions from aqueous solution. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Banan Baghbani N, Azamat J, Erfan-Niya H, Majidi S, Khazini L. Molecular insights into water desalination performance of pristine graphdiyne nanosheet membrane. J Mol Graph Model 2020; 101:107729. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The adsorption of chlorofluoromethane on pristine, and Al- and Ga-doped boron nitride nanosheets: a DFT, NBO, and QTAIM study. J Mol Model 2020; 26:287. [PMID: 32980919 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-020-04556-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In the present investigation, the feasibility of detecting the chlorofluoromethane (CFM) gas molecule onto the outer surface of pristine single layer boron nitride nanosheet (BNNS), as well as its aluminum (Al)- and gallium (Ga)-doped structures, was carefully evaluated. For achieving this goal, a density functional theory level of study using the Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof exchange-correlation (PBEPBE) functional together with a 6-311G(d) basis set has been used. Subsequently, the B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP, wB97XD, and M062X functionals with a 6-311G(d) basis set were also employed to consider the single-point energies. Natural bond orbital (NBO) and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) were implemented by using the B3LYP-D3/6-311G(d) method, and the results were compatible with the electronic properties. In this regard, the total density of states (TDOSs), the Wiberg bond index (WBI), natural charge, natural electron configuration, donor-acceptor natural bond orbital interactions, and the second-order perturbation energies are performed to explore the nature of the intermolecular interactions. All of the energy calculations and population analyses denote that by adsorbing of the gas molecule onto the surface of the considered nanostructures, the intermolecular interactions are of the type of strong chemical adsorption. Among the doped nanosheets, Ga-doped nanosheet has very high adsorption energy compared with other elements (i.e., Ga-doped > Al-doped > pristine). Generally, it was revealed that the sensitivity of the adsorption will be increased when the gas molecule interacts with decorated nanosheets and decrease the HOMO-LUMO band gap; therefore, the change of electronic properties can be used to design suitable nanosensors to detect CFM gas. Graphical abstract.
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Theoretical study of the adsorption of amantadine on pristine, Al-, Ga-, P-, and As-doped boron nitride nanosheets: a PBC-DFT, NBO, and QTAIM study. Theor Chem Acc 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-020-02672-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Atomistic understanding of functionalized γ-graphyne-1 nanosheet membranes for water desalination. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Rassoulinejad-Mousavi SM, Azamat J, Khataee A, Zhang Y. Molecular dynamics simulation of water purification using zeolite MFI nanosheets. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ansari P, Azamat J, Khataee A. Computational study on the removal of trihalomethanes from water using functionalized graphene oxide membranes. Chem Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.110589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hosseini J, Zare EN, Ajloo D. Experimental and theoretical calculation investigation on effective adsorption of lead(II) onto poly(aniline-co-pyrrole) nanospheres. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Molecular dynamics simulation of electric field driven water and heavy metals transport through fluorinated carbon nanotubes. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.01.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Jafarzadeh R, Azamat J, Erfan-Niya H. Fluorine-functionalized nanoporous graphene as an effective membrane for water desalination. Struct Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-018-1162-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Khataee A, Bayat G, Azamat J. Molecular dynamics simulation of salt rejection through silicon carbide nanotubes as a nanostructure membrane. J Mol Graph Model 2017; 71:176-183. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2016.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Khataee A, Bayat G, Azamat J. Separation of cyanide from an aqueous solution using armchair silicon carbide nanotubes: insights from molecular dynamics simulations. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra25991j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Separation of cyanide, as a model contaminant, from aqueous solution was investigated using molecular dynamics simulations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alireza Khataee
- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- 51666-16471 Tabriz
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- 51666-16471 Tabriz
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- 51666-16471 Tabriz
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Azamat J, Khataee A. Removal of nitrate ion from water using boron nitride nanotubes: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Azamat J, Khataee A, Sadikoglu F. Separation of carbon dioxide and nitrogen gases through modified boron nitride nanosheets as a membrane: insights from molecular dynamics simulations. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra18396d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The progress of gas propagating through the pores of BNNSs was simulated using MD simulations. During a simulation time of 50 ns at 298 K, there is no CO2 propagating through, meaning a high selectivity of pore 4 for CO2/N2 separation.
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- Jafar Azamat
- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- 51666-16471 Tabriz
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- 51666-16471 Tabriz
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Near East University
- 99138 Nicosia
- Turkey
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