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Giant osmotic energy conversion measured in a single transmembrane boron nitride nanotube

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  • Alessandro Siria

    (Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 University Lyon 1-CNRS)

  • Philippe Poncharal

    (Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 University Lyon 1-CNRS)

  • Anne-Laure Biance

    (Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 University Lyon 1-CNRS)

  • Rémy Fulcrand

    (Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 University Lyon 1-CNRS)

  • Xavier Blase

    (Institut Néel, UPR CNRS 2940 and Université Joseph Fourier)

  • Stephen T. Purcell

    (Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 University Lyon 1-CNRS)

  • Lydéric Bocquet

    (Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 University Lyon 1-CNRS)

Abstract

A very large, osmotically induced electric current is generated by a salinity gradient between the ends of a single boron nitride transmembrane nanotube, owing to the anomalously high surface charge carried by the nanotube’s internal surface in water at large pH.

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  • Alessandro Siria & Philippe Poncharal & Anne-Laure Biance & Rémy Fulcrand & Xavier Blase & Stephen T. Purcell & Lydéric Bocquet, 2013. "Giant osmotic energy conversion measured in a single transmembrane boron nitride nanotube," Nature, Nature, vol. 494(7438), pages 455-458, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:494:y:2013:i:7438:d:10.1038_nature11876
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11876
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