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SUMMARY:Nanofluidics in Carbon Nanotubes
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Aleksandr Noy\, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (
 LLNL)\, Livermore\, CA (USA)\nBIOENGINEERING SEMINAR\n \nAbstract:\nNanof
 luidic transport regime\, where ions and molecules move through highly con
 fined channels with molecular-scale dimensions\, is important for many app
 lications at the water-energy nexus and beyond. Living systems have master
 ed nanofluidic transport: they move ions and small molecules across biolog
 ical membranes using protein pores that rely on nanoscale confinement effe
 cts to achieve exquisite selectivity and efficiency. I will show that carb
 on nanotube porins—pore channels formed by ultra-short carbon nanotubes 
 assembled in a lipid membrane matrix—can exploit similar physical princi
 ples to transport water\, protons\, and ions with efficiency that rivals a
 nd sometimes exceeds that of biological channels. I will discuss the role 
 of molecular confinement and slip flow in these pores and show how it can 
 enhance water and proton transport efficiency and influence the molecular 
 mechanisms of ion diffusion and ion selectivity. I will also discuss how t
 he physical and electronic properties of the channel walls can influence t
 ransport in the nanofluidic regime. Overall\, nanotube porins represent si
 mple\, precise\, and versatile model membrane pores that can be ideal for 
 building the next generation of separation technologies.\n\nBio:\nProf. Al
 eksandr Noy is a Senior Research Scientist at the Materials Science Divisi
 on at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)\, Livermore\, CA (
 USA). He joined LLNL in 1998 as its first E.O. Lawrence Fellow after getti
 ng his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Harvard University and became an I
 ndefinite Career Staff Scientist in 2001. His research group works at the 
 intersection of nanoscience\, biomaterials\, and bioengineering. The curre
 nt research portfolio in the Noy group centers on nanofluidics and transpo
 rt in highly confined environments of nanotube pores\, precision separatio
 ns in other nanomaterials platforms\, and on neuromorphic ionic computing.
  Since 2005 Noy has also been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ca
 lifornia Merced. He is an MRS Fellow.\n\n\nZoom link for attending remotel
 y: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64469067167\n\nInstructions for 1st-year Ph.D. s
 tudents planning to attend this talk\, who are under EDBB’s mandatory se
 minar attendance rule:\nIN CASE you cannot attend in-person in the room\, 
 please make sure to\n\n	send D. Reinhard a note well ahead of time (ideall
 y before seminar day)\, informing that you plan to attend the talk online\
 , and\, during seminar:\n	be signed in on Zoom with a recognizable user na
 me (not any alias making it difficult or impossible to identify you).\n\nS
 tudents attending the seminar in-person should collect a confirmation sign
 ature after the talk - please print your own signature sheet beforehand (6
 9 kB pdf available for download here). IMPORTANTLY: hang on to this sheet 
 as no signature record is being kept by anyone else!\n 
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