Water in nanopores and biological channels: a molecular simulation perspective

CI Lynch, S Rao, MSP Sansom - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This Review explores the dynamic behavior of water within nanopores and biological
channels in lipid bilayer membranes. We focus on molecular simulation studies, alongside …

Nanoporous graphene as a reverse osmosis membrane: recent insights from theory and simulation

D Cohen-Tanugi, JC Grossman - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review, we examine the potential and the challenges of designing an ultrathin reverse
osmosis (RO) membrane from graphene, focusing on the role of computational methods in …

Observation of extreme phase transition temperatures of water confined inside isolated carbon nanotubes

KV Agrawal, S Shimizu, LW Drahushuk… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Fluid phase transitions inside single, isolated carbon nanotubes are predicted to deviate
substantially from classical thermodynamics. This behaviour enables the study of ice …

Water permeability of nanoporous graphene at realistic pressures for reverse osmosis desalination

D Cohen-Tanugi, JC Grossman - The Journal of chemical physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Nanoporous graphene (NPG) shows tremendous promise as an ultra-permeable membrane
for water desalination thanks to its atomic thickness and precise sieving properties …

A computational assessment of the permeability and salt rejection of carbon nanotube membranes and their application to water desalination

M Thomas, B Corry - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Membranes made from nanomaterials such as nanotubes and graphene have been
suggested to have a range of applications in water filtration and desalination, but …

Optimizing water transport through graphene-based membranes: insights from nonequilibrium molecular dynamics

J Muscatello, F Jaeger, OK Matar… - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recent experimental results suggest that stacked layers of graphene oxide exhibit strong
selective permeability to water. To construe this observation, the transport mechanism of …

Recent advances in applications of carbon nanotubes for desalination: A review

R Wang, D Chen, Q Wang, Y Ying, W Gao, L Xie - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a sustainable, cost-effective and energy-efficient method, membranes are becoming a
progressively vital technique to solve the problem of the scarcity of freshwater resources …

Coupling solute interactions with functionalized graphene membranes: Towards facile membrane-level engineering

V Arya, A Chaudhuri, C Bakli - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Optimizing ion transport through nanoporous graphene membranes with intricate
engineering at nanoscale levels finds applications ranging from ion segregation to …

Water flow in carbon nanotubes: The effect of tube flexibility and thermostat

A Sam, SK Kannam, R Hartkamp… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Although the importance of temperature control in nonequilibrium molecular dynamics
simulations is widely accepted, the consequences of the thermostatting approach in the …

The carbon-water interface: modeling challenges and opportunities for the water-energy nexus

A Striolo, A Michaelides, L Joly - Annual review of chemical and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Providing clean water and sufficient affordable energy to all without compromising the
environment is a key priority in the scientific community. Many recent studies have focused …