Anomalously enhanced ion transport and uptake in functionalized angstrom-scale two-dimensional channels

Mingzhan Wang, Tumpa Sadhukhan, Nicholas H.C. Lewis, Maoyu Wang, Xiang He, Gangbin Yan, Dongchen Ying, Eli Hoenig, Yu Han, Guiming Peng, One Sun Lee, Fengyuan Shi, David M. Tiede, Hua Zhou, Andrei Tokmakoff, George C. Schatz*, Chong Liu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Emulating angstrom-scale dynamics of the highly selective biological ion channels is a challenging task. Recent work on angstrom-scale artificial channels has expanded our understanding of ion transport and uptake mechanisms under confinement. However, the role of chemical environment in such channels is still not well understood. Here, we report the anomalously enhanced transport and uptake of ions under confined MoS2-based channels that are ~five angstroms in size. The ion uptake preference in the MoS2-based channels can be changed by the selection of surface functional groups and ion uptake sequence due to the interplay between kinetic and thermodynamic factors that depend on whether the ions are mixed or not prior to uptake. Our work offers a holistic picture of ion transport in 2D confinement and highlights ion interplay in this regime.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere2313616121
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume121
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. This work is supported by Advanced Materials for Energy-Water-Systems Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences. This work made use of instruments in the Electron Microscopy Core of UIC’s Research Resources Center. This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

Keywords

  • 2D channels
  • confinement chemistry
  • ion interplay
  • ion transport
  • nanofluidics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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