Enhanced water permeability and tunable ion selectivity in subnanometer carbon nanotube porins

Tunuguntla, Ramya H.; Henley, Robert Y.; Yao, Yun-Chiao; Pham, Tuan Anh; Wanunu, Meni; Noy, Aleksandr

doi:10.1126/science.aan2438

Title: Enhanced water permeability and tunable ion selectivity in subnanometer carbon nanotube porins

Journal Article · 24 August 2017 · Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan2438 · OSTI ID:1434817

; Henley, Robert Y.; Yao, Yun-Chiao; Pham, Tuan Anh; Wanunu, Meni;

Fast water transport through carbon nanotube pores has raised the possibility to use them in the next generation of water treatment technologies. In this paper, we report that water permeability in 0.8-nanometer-diameter carbon nanotube porins (CNTPs), which confine water down to a single-file chain, exceeds that of biological water transporters and of wider CNT pores by an order of magnitude. Intermolecular hydrogen-bond rearrangement, required for entry into the nanotube, dominates the energy barrier and can be manipulated to enhance water transport rates. CNTPs block anion transport, even at salinities that exceed seawater levels, and their ion selectivity can be tuned to configure them into switchable ionic diodes. Lastly, these properties make CNTPs a promising material for developing membrane separation technologies.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1434817

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1466168

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-725791; /sci/357/6353/792.atom

Journal Information:: Science, Journal Name: Science Vol. 357 Journal Issue: 6353; ISSN 0036-8075

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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