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| Concerted orientation induced unidirectional water transport through nanochannels | |
Wan, RZ; Lu, HJ; Li, JY ; Bao, JD; Hu, J(胡钧）; Fang, HP（方海平）; Hu, J (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Appl Phys, POB 800,204, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
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| 2009 | |
| Source Publication | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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| ISSN | 1463-9076 |
| Volume | 11Issue:42Pages:9898 |
| Abstract | The dynamics of water inside nanochannels is of great importance for biological activities as well as for the design of molecular sensors, devices, and machines, particularly for sea water desalination. When confined in specially sized nanochannels, water molecules form a single-file structure with concerted dipole orientations, which collectively flip between the directions along and against the nanotube axis. In this paper, by using molecular dynamics simulations, we observed a net flux along the dipole-orientation without any application of an external electric field or external pressure difference during the time period of the particular concerted dipole orientations of the molecules along or against the nanotube axis. We found that this unique special-directional water transportation resulted from the asymmetric potential of water-water interaction along the nanochannel, which originated from the concerted dipole orientation of the water molecules that breaks the symmetry of water orientation distribution along the channel within a finite time period. This finding suggests a new mechanism for achieving high-flux water transportation, which may be useful for nanotechnology and biological applications. |
| Subject Area | Chemistry ; Physics |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | 应物所项目组 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000271033200033 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.sinap.ac.cn/handle/331007/7679 |
| Collection | 中科院上海应用物理研究所2004-2010年 |
| Corresponding Author | Hu, J (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Appl Phys, POB 800,204, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wan, RZ,Lu, HJ,Li, JY,et al. Concerted orientation induced unidirectional water transport through nanochannels[J]. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS,2009,11(42):9898. |
| APA | Wan, RZ.,Lu, HJ.,Li, JY.,Bao, JD.,Hu, J.,...&Hu, J .(2009).Concerted orientation induced unidirectional water transport through nanochannels.PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS,11(42),9898. |
| MLA | Wan, RZ,et al."Concerted orientation induced unidirectional water transport through nanochannels".PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS 11.42(2009):9898. |
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