Fig. 5: Theoretical computations for the underlying mechanism of liquid-gating permeation and its application in forward osmosis (FO). | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Theoretical computations for the underlying mechanism of liquid-gating permeation and its application in forward osmosis (FO).

From: Anomalous water molecular gating from atomic-scale graphene capillaries for precise and ultrafast molecular sieving

Fig. 5

a Three sequential snapshots of MD simulation in the “OFF” state illustrating the blockage of any attempts of water (pink arrows) and ion (green arrows) diffusion. b Three sequential snapshots of MD simulation in the “ON” state illustrating the bulk movement of water molecules (pink arrows). Ultrafast water flux and effective ion sieving achieved simultaneously for various ions on MOGMs (c), in comparison with those of the reported membranes in the literature for forward osmosis (d). All the error bars in this figure represent the standard deviations for at least three measurements.

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