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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
Volume 261, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117986
Keywords
Electroosmosis; Soft nanochannel; Diffuse polyelectrolyte layer; Ion selectivity; Rectification factor
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- Research Council of Iran University of Science and Technology
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This study numerically investigates the electroosmotic flow and ion transport in a conical nanochannel coated with a polyelectrolyte layer. Different types of charge density distribution functions are considered, and it is found that the soft step function enhances ion selectivity. The results demonstrate that considering the soft step function can significantly improve the rectification factor of the conical nanochannel.
Electroosmotic flow (EOF) and ion transport through a conical nanochannel coated with polyelectrolyte layer (PEL) are numerically investigated. The diffuse character is defined by an ununiform distribution of the polymer segment density. Soft step (Type I), exponential (Type II), and sigmoidal (Type III) functions were considered to describe the charge density distribution of PEL. A nonlinear model based on the Poisson-Nernst-Planck and the Navier-Stokes equations is used. The equations were solved using the finite element method. At applied voltages of +/- 1V, the electroosmotic velocity within diffuse soft nanochannels follows the order of u(TypeI) > u(TypeII) > u(TypeIII). The soft step function leads to more ion selectivity. Considering a charge density of 100 mol/m(3) and a salt concentration of 100 mM, we demonstrate that the rectification factors for the conical nanochannels, from 3 by considering the uniform PEL, can reach the value of 18 by considering the soft step function for PEL. (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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