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The Selective Transport of Ions in Charged Nanopore with Combined Multi-Physics Fields.

ABSTRACT: The selective transport of ions in nanopores attracts broad interest due to their potential applications in chemical separation, ion filtration, seawater desalination, and energy conversion. The ion selectivity based on the ion dehydration and steric hindrance is still limited by the very similar diameter between different hydrated ions. The selectivity can only separate specific ion species, lacking a general separation effect. Herein, we report the highly ionic selective transport in charged nanopore through the combination of hydraulic pressure and electric field. Based on the coupled Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) and Navier-Stokes (NS) equations, the calculation results suggest that the coupling of hydraulic pressure and electric field can significantly enhance the ion selectivity compared to the results under the single driven force of hydraulic pressure or electric field. Different from the material-property-based ion selective transport, this method endows the general separation effect between different kinds of ions. Through the appropriate combination of hydraulic pressure and electric field, an extremely high selectivity ratio can be achieved. Further in-depth analysis reveals the influence of nanopore diameter, surface charge density and ionic strength on the selectivity ratio. These findings provide a potential route for high-performance ionic selective transport and separation in nanofluidic systems.

SUBMITTER: Ma P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8622219 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:The ionic current rectification (ICR) is a non-linear current-voltage response upon switching the polarity of the potential across nanopore which is similar to the I-V response in the semiconductor diode. The ICR phenomenon finds several potential applications in micro/nano-fluidics (e.g., Bio-sensors and Lab-on-Chip applications). From a biological application viewpoint, most biological fluids (e.g., blood, saliva, mucus, etc.) exhibit non-Newtonian visco-elastic behavior; their rheological properties differ from Newtonian fluids. Therefore, the resultant flow-field should show an additional dependence on the rheological material properties of viscoelastic fluids such as fluid relaxation time [Formula: see text] and fluid extensibility [Formula: see text]. Despite numerous potential applications, the comprehensive investigation of the viscoelastic behavior of the fluid on ionic concentration profile and ICR phenomena has not been attempted. ICR phenomena occur when the length scale and Debye layer thickness approaches to the same order. Therefore, this work extensively investigates the effect of visco-elasticity on the flow and ionic mass transfer along with the ICR phenomena in a single conical nanopore. The Poisson-Nernst-Planck (P-N-P) model coupled with momentum equations have been solved for a wide range of conditions such as, Deborah number, [Formula: see text], Debye length parameter, [Formula: see text], fluid extensibility parameter, [Formula: see text], applied electric potential, [Formula: see text], and surface charge density [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Limited results for Newtonian fluid ([Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text]) have also been shown in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of non-Newtonian fluid behaviour over the Newtonian fluid behaviour. Four distinct novel characteristics of electro-osmotic flow (EOF) in a conical nanopore have been investigated here, namely (1) detailed structure of flow field and velocity distribution in viscoelastic fluids (2) influence of Deborah number and fluid extensibility parameter on ionic current rectification (ICR) (3) volumetric flow rate calculation as a function of Deborah number and fluid extensibility parameter (4) effect of viscoelastic parameters on concentration distribution of ions in the nanopore. At high applied voltage, both the extensibility parameter and Deborah number facilitate the ICR phenomena. In addition, the ICR phenomena are observed to be more pronounced at low values of [Formula: see text] than the high values of [Formula: see text]. This effect is due to the overlapping of the electric double layer at low values of [Formula: see text].

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