Abstract
Many researchers, however, found that (1) the flow of both liquid and gas through nanoscale pores is one to even seven orders of magnitude faster than that would be predicted from the classic Newton’s mechanic theories, such as the Hagen-Poiseuille equation, the Bernoulli’s principle, the Knudsen theory; (2) the seeming contradiction that K+ channels conduct K+ ions at maximal throughput rates while not permeating slightly smaller Na+ ions, which have perplexed scientists for decades. Herein we propose a possible explanation for the above phenomena based on the Wave-Particle Dualism. The quantum effect on ultrafast flow could possibly provide a new perspective for studying the nature of the ion and molecule channels, which are the backbones for the biology, and possibly promote the development of new methods for energy conversion, desalination of sea water and even information systems.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Lozada-Hidalgo M., Hu S., Marshall O., Mishchenko A., Geim A. K., Science, 2016, 351, 68
Shendure J., Balasubramanian S., Church G. M., Gilbert W., Rogers J., Schloss J. A., Waterston R. H., Nature, 2017, 550, 345
Howorka S., Siwy Z., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 2360
Feng J., Graf M., Liu K., Ovchinnikov D., Dumcenco D., Heiranian M., Nandigana V., Narayana R., Nature, 2016, 536, 197
Jain M., Koren S., Miga K. H., Quick J., Rand A. C., Sasani T. A., Tyson J. R., Beggs A. D., Dilthey A. T., Fiddes I. T., Malla S., Marriott H., Nieto T., O’Grady J., Olsen H. E., Pedersen B. S., Rhie A., Richardson H., Quinlan A. R., Snutch T. P., Tee L., Paten B., Phillippy A. M., Simpson J. T., Loman N. J., Loose M., Nat. Biotechnol., 2018, 36, 338
Majumder M., Chopra N., Andrews R., Hinds B. J., Nature, 2005, 438, 44
Holt J. K., Park H. G., Wang Y. M., Stadermann M., Artyukhin A. B., Grigoropoulos C. P., Noy A., Bakajin O., Science, 2006, 312, 1034
Secchi E., Marbach S., Nigues A., Stein D., Siria A., Bocquet L., Nature, 2016, 537, 210
Wu K., Chen Z., Li J., Li X., Xu J., Dong X., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2017, 114, 3358
Hummer G., Rasaiah J. C., Noworyta J. P., Nature, 2001, 414, 188
Keerthi A., Geim A. K., Janardanan A., Rooney A. P., Esfandiar A., Hu S., Dar S. A., Grigorieva I. V., Haigh S. J., Wang F. C., Nature, 2018, 558, 420
Hu S., Gopinadhan K., Rakowski A., Neek-Amal M., Lozada-Hidalgo M., Nat. Nanotechnol., 2018, 13, 468
Sofos F. D., Karakasidis T. E., Liakopoulos A., Phys. Rev. E. Stat. Nonlin. Soft. Matter. Phys., 2009, 79, 26305
Esfandiar A., Radha B., Wang F. C., Yang Q., Hu S., Garaj S., Nair R. R., Geim A. K., Gopinadhan K., Science, 2017, 358, 511
Tunuguntla R. H., Henley R. Y., Yao Y. C., Pham T. A., Wanunu M., Noy A., Science, 2017, 357, 792
Radha B., Esfandiar A., Wang F. C., Rooney A. P., Gopinadhan K., Keerthi A., Mishchenko A., Janardanan A., Blake P., Fumagalli L., Lozada-Hidalgo M., Garaj S., Haigh S. J., Grigorieva I. V., Wu H. A., Geim A. K., Nature, 2016, 538, 222
Nair R. R., Wu H. A., Jayaram P. N., Grigorieva I. V., Geim A. K., Science, 2012, 335, 442
Karan S., Samitsu S., Peng X., Kurashima K., Ichinose I., Science, 2012, 335, 444
Peng X., Jin J., Nakamura Y., Ohno T., Ichinose I., Nat. Nanotechnol., 2009, 4, 353
Whitby M., Cagnon L., Thanou M., Quirke N., Nano. Lett., 2008, 8, 2632
Thomas J. A., McGaughey A. J. H., Nano. Lett., 2008, 8, 2788
Kalra A., Garde S., Hummer G., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: PNAS, 2003, 100, 10175
Skoulidas A. I., Ackerman D. M., Johnson J. K., Sholl D. S., Phys. Rev. Lett., 2002, 89, 185901
Sokhan V. P., Nicholson D., Quirke N., the Journal of Chemical Physics, 2002, 117, 8531
Kratochvil H. T., Carr J. K., Matulef K., Annen A. W., Li H., Maj M., Ostmeyer J., Serrano A. L., Raghuraman H., Moran S. D., Science, 2016, 353, 1040
Kopec W., Köpfer D. A., Vickery O. N., Bondarenko A. S., Jansen T. L. C., De G. B.L., Zachariae U., Nat. Chem., 2018, 10, 813
Zhao R., Li L., Yang S., Bao W., Xia Y., Ashby P., Wang Y., Zhang X., Science, 2019, 364, 984
Briggeman M., Tomczyk M., Tian B., Lee H., Lee J. W., He Y., Tylan-Tyler A., Huang M., Eom C. B., Pekker D., Mong P. S. K., Irvinl P., Levy J., Science, 2020, 367, 769
Robertson H. P., Phys. Rev., 1929, 34, 163
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.22090050, 22090053, 21974126, 21874121, 51803194), the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China(No.LY19B030001), the Open-end Funds from the Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China (No. NGM2019KF013) and the Fundamental Research Funds for National Universities, China University of Geosciences(Wuhan).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Supplementary Materials
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Gao, P., Ma, Q., Liu, R. et al. Particle-Wave Dualism in Nanoconfined Space: Ultrafast Substance Flow. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 38, 957–960 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-021-1290-4
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-021-1290-4