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Ionic transport in nanocapillary membrane systems

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Species transport in nanocapillary membrane systems has engaged considerable research interest, presenting technological challenges and opportunities, while exhibiting significant deviations from conventionally well understood bulk behavior in microfluidics. Nonlinear electrokinetic effects and surface charge of materials, along with geometric considerations, dominate the phenomena in structures with characteristic lengths below 100 nm. Consequently, these methods have enabled 3D micro- and nanofluidic hybrid systems with high-chemical selectivity for precise manipulation of mass-limited quantities of analytes. In this review, we present an overview of both fundamental developments and applications of these unique nanocapillary systems, identifying forces that govern ion and particle transport, and surveying applications in separation, sensing, mixing, and chemical reactions. All of these developments are oriented toward adding important functionality in micro-total analysis systems.

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Mark Shannon and Vikhram Swaminathan acknowledge support through WaterCAMPWS, Center for Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems, a US National Science Foundation funded Science and Technology Center under contract CTS-0120978, and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under grant W911NF-09-C-0079. The portion of this study conducted at the University of Notre Dame was supported by the US National Science Foundation under grants DBI 0852741 and CBET 0120978, by the US Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences DE FG02 07ER15851, and by the US Army Corps of Engineers contract W9132-10-0010. Shaurya Prakash and Marie Pinti acknowledge partial support through the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant W911NF-09-C-0079.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Vikhram V. Swaminathan & Mark A. Shannon

  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Mark A. Shannon

  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

    Larry R. Gibson II & Paul W. Bohn

  4. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

    Paul W. Bohn

  5. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Marie Pinti & Shaurya Prakash

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Swaminathan, V.V., Gibson, L.R., Pinti, M. et al. Ionic transport in nanocapillary membrane systems. J Nanopart Res 14, 951 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-0951-0

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