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Interplay between hydrophilicity and surface barriers on water transport in zeolite membranes

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Fasano, Matteo, Humplik, Thomas, Bevilacqua, Alessio, Tsapatsis, Michael, Chiavazzo, Eliodoro, Wang, Evelyn N., Asinari, Pietro·2016·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/ncomms12762PMC PMC5477497
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A comprehensive understanding of molecular transport within nanoporous materials remains elusive in a broad variety of engineering and biomedical applications. Here, experiments and atomistic simulations are synergically used to elucidate the non-trivial interplay between nanopore hydrophilicity and surface barriers on the overall water transport through zeolite crystals. At these nanometre-length scales, these results highlight the dominating effect of surface imperfections with reduced permeability on the overall water transport. A simple diffusion resistance model is shown to be sufficient to capture the effects of both intracrystalline and surface diffusion resistances, thus properly linking simulation to experimental evidence. This work suggests that future experimental work should focus on eliminating/overcoming these surface imperfections, which promise an order of magnitude improvement in permeability.

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Authors
Fasano, M., Humplik, T., Bevilacqua, A., Tsapatsis, M., Chiavazzo, E., Wang, E. N., & Asinari, P.
Affiliations
  • Politecnico di Torino (IT)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
  • Wang, Evelyn N.
  • Asinari, Pietro
ORCID
Venue
Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-10-03
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
12762-12762
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/ncomms12762
PMC
PMC5477497
OpenAlex
W2529094975
Cited by
123
References
69
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FWCI
5.79
Type
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Language
en
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  • PORTO@Iris (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
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Funders
  • Fondazione CRT
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe AISBL
  • King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Inorganic Chemistry › Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
Keywords
zeolite membranes, water transport, surface barrier, surface defects, intracrystalline diffusion, membrane permeability, nanoporous materials, atomistic simulation

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