The progress of gas propagating through the pores of BNNSs was simulated using MD simulations. During a simulation time of 50 ns at 298 K, there is no CO2 propagating through, meaning a high selectivity of pore 4 for CO2/N2 separation.
Desalination
is a favorable method employed to supply clean water
in recent years. Various contaminants entering water resources must
be removed from water by novel structures like nanostructure membranes.
Accordingly, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to study
the ion removal from the water using a graphene nanosheet (GNS) based
on the permeability and selectivity of graphene. The studied system
consisted of two functionalized GNSs immersed in the aqueous ionic
solution of NaCl. The GNSs had one pore each, both being approximately
of the same size. For the ion removal from water using these GNSs,
an external electric field was applied to the system. For the preferential
permeation of cation or anion across the graphene, the pore of the
GNS was functionalized by passivating each carbon atom at the edge
of the pore by fluoride (F-pore), negatively charged, and hydrogen
atoms (H-pore), which were positively charged. The results showed
that by using the electric field the F-pore and the H-pore of GNS
were preferential selective to Na+ and Cl–, respectively; also, the higher the electric field, the faster
the movement of the ions from the salty water. The calculations of
the potential of mean force for ions showed that sodium and chloride
ions encountered an energy barrier, and thus, cation and anion failed
to permit across the H-pore and F-pore of the GNS, respectively. Based
on the results of this research, the functionalized GNS, as a membrane,
can be suggested as a device in the field of water desalination.
Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the separation of zinc ions as a heavy metal from water using boron nitride nanotubes. The studied systems included boron nitride (BN) nanotubes embedded in a silicon-nitride membrane immersed in an aqueous solution of ZnCl2. An external electric field was applied to the system along the axis of the BN nanotubes. The results show that the (7,7) and (8,8) BN nanotubes were exclusively selective of ions. The (7,7) BN nanotube selectively conducted Zn(2+) ions, while the (8,8) BN nanotube selectively conducted Cl(-) ions. The results were confirmed using additional simulated parameters. The results indicate that the passage of ions through nanotubes is related to the diameter of the BN nanotubes.
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