Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on Desalination

Recent findings have demonstrated that the desalination and purification of contaminated water and the separation of ions and gases, besides solutions to other related issues, may all be achieved with the use of membranes based on artificial nanoporous materials. Before the expensive stages of produ...

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Main Authors: Chulwoo Park, Daejoong Kim
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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description Recent findings have demonstrated that the desalination and purification of contaminated water and the separation of ions and gases, besides solutions to other related issues, may all be achieved with the use of membranes based on artificial nanoporous materials. Before the expensive stages of production and experimental testing, the optimum size and form of membrane nanopores could be determined using computer-aided modeling. The notion that rectangular nanopores created in a multilayered hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) membrane in a way that results in different inner lining atoms would exhibit unique properties in terms of the water penetration rate is put forth and examined in the current study. Nanopores in boron nitride sheets can be generated with the inner lining of boron atoms (B-edged), nitrogen atoms (N-edged), or both boron and nitrogen atoms (BN-edged). In this study, we compared the three different inner-lined nanopores of boron nitride nanosheets to a comparable-sized graphene nanopore and evaluated the water conduction.
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spelling doaj-art-2a97818e6bba4c8ba062a1ce03eed3902025-08-20T02:33:58ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2025-04-0116553010.3390/mi16050530Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on DesalinationChulwoo Park0Daejoong Kim1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of KoreaRecent findings have demonstrated that the desalination and purification of contaminated water and the separation of ions and gases, besides solutions to other related issues, may all be achieved with the use of membranes based on artificial nanoporous materials. Before the expensive stages of production and experimental testing, the optimum size and form of membrane nanopores could be determined using computer-aided modeling. The notion that rectangular nanopores created in a multilayered hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) membrane in a way that results in different inner lining atoms would exhibit unique properties in terms of the water penetration rate is put forth and examined in the current study. Nanopores in boron nitride sheets can be generated with the inner lining of boron atoms (B-edged), nitrogen atoms (N-edged), or both boron and nitrogen atoms (BN-edged). In this study, we compared the three different inner-lined nanopores of boron nitride nanosheets to a comparable-sized graphene nanopore and evaluated the water conduction.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/16/5/530grapheneporous nanosheetmultilayered membranewater transportboron nitridehexagonal boron nitride
spellingShingle Chulwoo Park
Daejoong Kim
Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on Desalination
Micromachines
graphene
porous nanosheet
multilayered membrane
water transport
boron nitride
hexagonal boron nitride
title Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on Desalination
title_full Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on Desalination
title_fullStr Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on Desalination
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on Desalination
title_short Influence of Inner Lining Atoms of Multilayered Hexagonal Boron Nitride Porous Membrane on Desalination
title_sort influence of inner lining atoms of multilayered hexagonal boron nitride porous membrane on desalination
topic graphene
porous nanosheet
multilayered membrane
water transport
boron nitride
hexagonal boron nitride
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/16/5/530
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