Water-ion permselectivity of narrow-diameter carbon nanotubes

Li, Yuhao; Li, Zhongwu; Aydin, Fikret; Quan, Jana; Chen, Xi; Yao, Yun-Chiao; Zhan, Cheng; Chen, Yunfei; Pham, Tuan Anh; Noy, Aleksandr

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba9966

Title: Water-ion permselectivity of narrow-diameter carbon nanotubes

Journal Article · Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba9966· OSTI ID:1826848

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Materials Science Division, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
Materials Science Division, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA., Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
Quantum Simulations Group, Materials Science Division, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
Materials Science Division, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA., School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 94343, USA.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.

Carbon nanotube (CNT) pores, which mimic the structure of the aquaporin channels, support extremely high water transport rates that make them strong candidates for building artificial water channels and high-performance membranes. Here, we measure water and ion permeation through 0.8-nm-diameter CNT porins (CNTPs)—short CNT segments embedded in lipid membranes—under optimized experimental conditions. Measured activation energy of water transport through the CNTPs agrees with the barrier values typical for single-file water transport. Well-tempered metadynamics simulations of water transport in CNTPs also report similar activation energy values and provide molecular-scale details of the mechanism for water entry into these channels. CNTPs strongly reject chloride ions and show water-salt permselectivity values comparable to those of commercial desalination membranes.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019112; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1826848

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1712556

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-799504; eaba9966

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Vol. 6 Journal Issue: 38; ISSN 2375-2548

Publisher:: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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