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Ultrafast ion sieving using nanoporous polymeric membranes.


ABSTRACT: The great potential of nanoporous membranes for water filtration and chemical separation has been challenged by the trade-off between selectivity and permeability. Here we report on nanoporous polymer membranes with an excellent balance between selectivity and permeability of ions. Our membranes are fabricated by irradiating 2-?m-thick polyethylene terephthalate Lumirror® films with GeV heavy ions followed by ultraviolet exposure. These membranes show a high transport rate of K+ ions of up to 14?mol?h-1?m-2 and a selectivity of alkali metal ions over heavy metal ions of >500. Combining transport experiments and molecular dynamics simulations with a polymeric nanopore model, we demonstrate that the high permeability is attributable to the presence of nanopores with a radius of ~0.5?nm and a density of up to 5?×?1010?cm-2, and the selectivity is ascribed to the interaction between the partially dehydrated ions and the negatively charged nanopore wall.

SUBMITTER: Wang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805712 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ultrafast ion sieving using nanoporous polymeric membranes.

Wang Pengfei P   Wang Mao M   Liu Feng F   Ding Siyuan S   Wang Xue X   Du Guanghua G   Liu Jie J   Apel Pavel P   Kluth Patrick P   Trautmann Christina C   Wang Yugang Y  

Nature communications 20180208 1


The great potential of nanoporous membranes for water filtration and chemical separation has been challenged by the trade-off between selectivity and permeability. Here we report on nanoporous polymer membranes with an excellent balance between selectivity and permeability of ions. Our membranes are fabricated by irradiating 2-μm-thick polyethylene terephthalate Lumirror® films with GeV heavy ions followed by ultraviolet exposure. These membranes show a high transport rate of K<sup>+</sup> ions  ...[more]

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