Ion Transport through Nanoporous Membrane (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Ion Transport through Nanoporous Membrane

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Scientists are using supercomputers to help understand the relatively rare event of salts in water (blue) passing through atomically-thin nanoporous membranes. A traversing chloride ion (peach) induces charge anisotropy at its rear (e.g., the light purple sodium ion in the bottom left), which pulls it backward.

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Malmir et al.

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