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New smart membrane mimics cell logic to purify water and extract metals efficiently | A trace of metal lets synthetic membranes control ion flow, paving the way for smarter filtration and extraction.
Inspired by the rich ion dynamics and interplay in biological channels, the authors report cooperative and inhibitory ion transport in angstrom-scale acetate functionalized MoS2 two-dimensional channels.
This simplified model was designed to include the essential features needed for transport behavior, although it may overlook effects such as inter-channel coupling and directional variations in ion or fluid flow. The diffraction patterns in Bragg-Brentano geometry were obtained using a Rigaku benchtop Xray diffractometer equipped with HyPix-400 MF 2D hybrid pixel array detector (HPAD) and a Cu Kα X-ray source (1.5406 Å) operating at 40 kV and 15 mA. In addition, calculation of the radial distribution function (RDF) of Pb 2+ and Cl – in the bulk solution shows that PbCl does not form ion clusters in the simulation (see Supplementary Fig.
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