CENT is focused on a series of fundamental scientific questions addressing the knowledge gaps (KGs)
KG1: Slip Flow Enhancement in Single-Digit Nanopores (SDNs) is Unexpectedly Enormous
KG2: Fluid Phase Transitions in SDNs Deviate Significantly from Bulk Fluids
KG3: Phase-Separation under Confinement for Novel Separation Mechanisms
KG4: Defects Impose an Outsized Impact on SDN Transport
KG5: Correlated Transport of Ions can Result from Confinement in SDNs
KG6: SDNs can Exploit Nanoscale Solvation for New Separation Mechanisms
KG7: SDNs can Exploit Charge Exclusion to Significantly Enhance Selectivity
All KGs
Confinement effects on the solvation structure of solvated alkaline metal cations in a single-digit 1T-MoS2 nanochannel: A first-principles study
Cheng Zhan et al. J. Chem. Phys. 2021
Diameter Dependence of Water Filling in Lithographically Segmented Isolated Carbon Nanotubes
Samuel Faucher et al. ACS Nano, 2021
Selective filling of n-hexane in a tight nanopore
Haoran Qu et al. Nature Communications, 2021
Confinement-Induced Enhancement of Parallel Dielectric Permittivity: Super Permittivity Under Extreme Confinement
Mohammad H. Motevaselian et al. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020
Photoabsorption Imaging at Nanometer Scales Using Secondary Electron Analysis
Ze Zhang et al. Nano Lett. 2021
Intrapore energy barriers govern ion transport and selectivity of desalination membranes
Xuechen Zhou et al. Sci. Adv. 2020
Nanopore-Based Power Generation from Salinity Gradient: Why It Is Not Viable
Li Wang et al. ACS Nano, 2021
Prospects for sub-nanometer scale imaging of optical phenomena using electron microscopy
Ze Zhang et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2021
Ion Adsorption at Solid/Water Interfaces: Establishing the Coupled Nature of Ion–Solid and Water–Solid Interactions
Rahul Prasanna Misra et al. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021
Uncovering a Universal Molecular Mechanism of Salt Ion Adsorption at Solid/Water Interfaces
Rahul Prasanna Misra et al. Langmuir, 2021
Ion Solvation and Transport in Narrow Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of Polarizability, Cation−π Interaction, and Confinement
Fikret Aydin et al. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2021
Revisiting Sampson's theory for hydrodynamic transport in ultrathin nanopores
Mohammad Heiranian et al. Phys. Rev. Research 2020
Universal Reduction in Dielectric Response of Confined Fluids
Mohammad H. Motevaselian et al. ACS Nano 2020
Imaging Arrangements of Discrete Ions at Liquid–Solid Interfaces
Hao-Kun Li et al. Nano Lett. 2020
Understanding Cation Selectivity in Carbon Nanopores with Hybrid First-Principles/Continuum Simulations: Implications for Water Desalination and Separation Technologies
Cheng Zhan et al. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020
Water-ion permselectivity of narrow-diameter carbon nanotubes
Yuhao Li et al. Science Advances, 2020
Interfacial Layering in the Electric Double Layer of Ionic Liquids
J. Pedro de Souza et al. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2020
Overcoming the sensitivity vs. throughput tradeoff in Coulter counters: A novel side counter design
Daniel T. Bacheschi et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020
Relating Selectivity and Separation Performance of Lamellar Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Membranes to Nanosheet Stacking Behavior
X. Lu et al. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020
Towards single-species selectivity of membranes with subnanometre pores
R. Epsztein et al. Nature Nano, 2020
Continuum Theory of Electrostatic Correlations at Charged Surfaces
P. de Souza and M. Bazant, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020
Strong Differential Monovalent Anion Selectivity in Narrow Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins
Z. Li et al. ACS Nano, 2020
Molecular polarizabilities as fingerprints of perturbations to water by ions and confinement
V. Rozsa et al. J. Chem. Phys, 2020
Chemical Sensing and Chemoresponsive Pumping with Conical-Pore Polymeric Membranes
S. Bush et al. Nanomaterials, 2020
Charge Inversion and Calcium Gating in Mixtures of Ions in Nanopores
K. Lit et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020
Similarities and differences between potassium and ammonium ions in liquid water: a first-principles study
A. Fikret et al. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2020
Electrodiffusioosmosis-Induced Negative Differential Resistance in pH-Regulated Mesopores Containing Purely Monovalent Solutions
C.-Y. Lin et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020
Nanofluidic Transport Theory with Enhancement Factors Approaching One
M. Heiranian and N. Aluru, ACS Nano, 2019
Strong Electroosmotic Coupling Dominates Ion Conductance of 1.5 nm Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins
Y.C. Yao et al. ACS Nano, 2019
Ab Initio Calculation of Equilibrium Isotopic Fractionations of Potassium and Rubidium in Minerals and Water
H. Zeng, et al. ACS Earth Space Chem, 2019
Monte Carlo Simulations of Framework Defects in Layered Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Desalination Membranes: Implications for Permeability and Selectivity
C. L. Ritt et al. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2019
Single-defect spectroscopy in the shortwave infrared
Wu et al. Nature Communication, 2019
Self‐Sorting of 10‐µm‐Long Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Solution
Wang et al. Adv. Materials, 2019
Fluorescent Ultrashort Nanotubes from Defect-Induced Chemical Cutting
Y. Li et al. Chem. Mater, 2019
Modulation of Charge Density and Charge Polarity of Nanopore Wall by Salt Gradient and Voltage
C. Lin et al. ACS Nano, 2019
Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective
S. Faucher et al. J. Phys. Chem C, 2019
Activation behavior for ion permeation in ion-exchange membranes: Role of ion dehydration in selective transport
R. Epsztein et al. J. Membrane Science, 2019
Liquids with Lower Wettability Can Exhibit Higher Friction on Hexagonal Boron Nitride: The Intriguing Role of Solid−Liquid Electrostatic Interactions
A. Govind Rajan et al. Nano Letters, 2019
KG1
Diameter Dependence of Water Filling in Lithographically Segmented Isolated Carbon Nanotubes
Samuel Faucher et al. ACS Nano, 2021
Confinement-Induced Enhancement of Parallel Dielectric Permittivity: Super Permittivity Under Extreme Confinement
Mohammad H. Motevaselian et al. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020
Revisiting Sampson's theory for hydrodynamic transport in ultrathin nanopores
Mohammad Heiranian et al. Phys. Rev. Research 2020
Universal Reduction in Dielectric Response of Confined Fluids
Mohammad H. Motevaselian et al. ACS Nano 2020
Understanding Cation Selectivity in Carbon Nanopores with Hybrid First-Principles/Continuum Simulations: Implications for Water Desalination and Separation Technologies
Cheng Zhan et al. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020
Water-ion permselectivity of narrow-diameter carbon nanotubes
Yuhao Li et al. Science Advances, 2020
Strong Differential Monovalent Anion Selectivity in Narrow Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins
Z. Li et al. ACS Nano, 2020
Nanofluidic Transport Theory with Enhancement Factors Approaching One
M. Heiranian and N. Aluru, ACS Nano, 2019
Strong Electroosmotic Coupling Dominates Ion Conductance of 1.5 nm Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins
Y.C. Yao et al. ACS Nano, 2019
Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective
S. Faucher et al. J. Phys. Chem C, 2019
Liquids with Lower Wettability Can Exhibit Higher Friction on Hexagonal Boron Nitride: The Intriguing Role of Solid−Liquid Electrostatic Interactions
A. Govind Rajan et al. Nano Letters, 2019
KG2
Diameter Dependence of Water Filling in Lithographically Segmented Isolated Carbon Nanotubes
Samuel Faucher et al. ACS Nano, 2021
Molecular polarizabilities as fingerprints of perturbations to water by ions and confinement
V. Rozsa et al. J. Chem. Phys, 2020
Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective
S. Faucher et al. J. Phys. Chem C, 2019
KG3
KG4
Photoabsorption Imaging at Nanometer Scales Using Secondary Electron Analysis
Ze Zhang et al. Nano Lett. 2021
Prospects for sub-nanometer scale imaging of optical phenomena using electron microscopy
Ze Zhang et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2021
Relating Selectivity and Separation Performance of Lamellar Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Membranes to Nanosheet Stacking Behavior
X. Lu et al. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020
Monte Carlo Simulations of Framework Defects in Layered Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Desalination Membranes: Implications for Permeability and Selectivity
C. L. Ritt et al. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2019
Single-defect spectroscopy in the shortwave infrared
Wu et al. Nature Communication, 2019
Self‐Sorting of 10‐µm‐Long Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Solution
Wang et al. Adv. Materials, 2019
KG5
Confinement effects on the solvation structure of solvated alkaline metal cations in a single-digit 1T-MoS2 nanochannel: A first-principles study
Cheng Zhan et al. J. Chem. Phys. 2021
Imaging Arrangements of Discrete Ions at Liquid–Solid Interfaces
Hao-Kun Li et al. Nano Lett. 2020
Interfacial Layering in the Electric Double Layer of Ionic Liquids
J. Pedro de Souza et al. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2020
Overcoming the sensitivity vs. throughput tradeoff in Coulter counters: A novel side counter design
Daniel T. Bacheschi et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020
Strong Differential Monovalent Anion Selectivity in Narrow Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins
Z. Li et al. ACS Nano, 2020
Molecular polarizabilities as fingerprints of perturbations to water by ions and confinement
V. Rozsa et al. J. Chem. Phys, 2020
Charge Inversion and Calcium Gating in Mixtures of Ions in Nanopores
K. Lit et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020
Electrodiffusioosmosis-Induced Negative Differential Resistance in pH-Regulated Mesopores Containing Purely Monovalent Solutions
C.-Y. Lin et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020
Strong Electroosmotic Coupling Dominates Ion Conductance of 1.5 nm Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins
Y.C. Yao et al. ACS Nano, 2019
Ab Initio Calculation of Equilibrium Isotopic Fractionations of Potassium and Rubidium in Minerals and Water
H. Zeng, et al. ACS Earth Space Chem, 2019
Modulation of Charge Density and Charge Polarity of Nanopore Wall by Salt Gradient and Voltage
C. Lin et al. ACS Nano, 2019
Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective
S. Faucher et al. J. Phys. Chem C, 2019
KG6
Confinement effects on the solvation structure of solvated alkaline metal cations in a single-digit 1T-MoS2 nanochannel: A first-principles study
Cheng Zhan et al. J. Chem. Phys. 2021
Intrapore energy barriers govern ion transport and selectivity of desalination membranes
Xuechen Zhou et al. Sci. Adv. 2020
Nanopore-Based Power Generation from Salinity Gradient: Why It Is Not Viable
Li Wang et al. ACS Nano, 2021
Ion Adsorption at Solid/Water Interfaces: Establishing the Coupled Nature of Ion–Solid and Water–Solid Interactions
Rahul Prasanna Misra et al. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021
Uncovering a Universal Molecular Mechanism of Salt Ion Adsorption at Solid/Water Interfaces
Rahul Prasanna Misra et al. Langmuir, 2021
Ion Solvation and Transport in Narrow Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of Polarizability, Cation−π Interaction, and Confinement
Fikret Aydin et al. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2021
Understanding Cation Selectivity in Carbon Nanopores with Hybrid First-Principles/Continuum Simulations: Implications for Water Desalination and Separation Technologies
Cheng Zhan et al. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020
Water-ion permselectivity of narrow-diameter carbon nanotubes
Yuhao Li et al. Science Advances, 2020
Towards single-species selectivity of membranes with subnanometre pores
R. Epsztein et al. Nature Nano, 2020
Continuum Theory of Electrostatic Correlations at Charged Surfaces
P. de Souza and M. Bazant, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020
Molecular polarizabilities as fingerprints of perturbations to water by ions and confinement
V. Rozsa et al. J. Chem. Phys, 2020
Similarities and differences between potassium and ammonium ions in liquid water: a first-principles study
A. Fikret et al. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2020
Ab Initio Calculation of Equilibrium Isotopic Fractionations of Potassium and Rubidium in Minerals and Water
H. Zeng, et al. ACS Earth Space Chem, 2019
Modulation of Charge Density and Charge Polarity of Nanopore Wall by Salt Gradient and Voltage
C. Lin et al. ACS Nano, 2019
Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective
S. Faucher et al. J. Phys. Chem C, 2019
Activation behavior for ion permeation in ion-exchange membranes: Role of ion dehydration in selective transport
R. Epsztein et al. J. Membrane Science, 2019
KG7
Selective filling of n-hexane in a tight nanopore
Haoran Qu et al. Nature Communications, 2021
Intrapore energy barriers govern ion transport and selectivity of desalination membranes
Xuechen Zhou et al. Sci. Adv. 2020
Nanopore-Based Power Generation from Salinity Gradient: Why It Is Not Viable
Li Wang et al. ACS Nano, 2021
Uncovering a Universal Molecular Mechanism of Salt Ion Adsorption at Solid/Water Interfaces
Rahul Prasanna Misra et al. Langmuir, 2021
Understanding Cation Selectivity in Carbon Nanopores with Hybrid First-Principles/Continuum Simulations: Implications for Water Desalination and Separation Technologies
Cheng Zhan et al. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020
Water-ion permselectivity of narrow-diameter carbon nanotubes
Yuhao Li et al. Science Advances, 2020
Overcoming the sensitivity vs. throughput tradeoff in Coulter counters: A novel side counter design
Daniel T. Bacheschi et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020
Towards single-species selectivity of membranes with subnanometre pores
R. Epsztein et al. Nature Nano, 2020
Continuum Theory of Electrostatic Correlations at Charged Surfaces
P. de Souza and M. Bazant, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020
Chemical Sensing and Chemoresponsive Pumping with Conical-Pore Polymeric Membranes
S. Bush et al. Nanomaterials, 2020
Similarities and differences between potassium and ammonium ions in liquid water: a first-principles study
A. Fikret et al. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2020
Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective
S. Faucher et al. J. Phys. Chem C, 2019
Activation behavior for ion permeation in ion-exchange membranes: Role of ion dehydration in selective transport
R. Epsztein et al. J. Membrane Science, 2019