Coordination Funds

拟议的研究单位的目的是探索瞬态筛，实验和理论/模拟之间的密切协调的基础上。瞬态筛构成了一种新的技术概念，用于分离溶解或悬浮在液体中的物质。虽然主要是稳态孔隙已被实验探索到目前为止，孔隙的瞬态筛改变其渗透性的时间尺度上的物种通道。这将使筛具有新的和有用的性质，例如增强的选择性和/或降低的能量消耗。一个基本目标将是了解物种通过瞬态筛的关键现象。进一步的目标是实验实现的瞬态性能的筛，瞬态筛的空间结构和时间结构的渗透性的优化，和示范的优势相比，瞬态筛的标准分离方法。拟议的研究单位包括三个不同的情况下，铅实验，代表具体实现的瞬态筛。拟议的研究单位将作为新的分离技术的核心，这些技术有可能在许多不同的应用领域取代现有技术。

The purpose of the proposed Research Unit is to explore transient sieves, based on a close coordination among experiments and theory/simulations. Transient sieves constitute a novel technological concept to separate species dissolved or suspended in a liquid. While mainly stationary-state pores have been explored experimentally to date, the pores of a transient sieve change their permeability on the timescale of species passage. This should equip sieves with novel and useful properties, for example an enhanced selectivity and/or reduced energy consumption. A fundamental objective will be to understand the key phenomena in the passage of species through transient sieves. Further objectives are the experimental realization of transient properties of sieves, the optimization of the spatial structure of transient sieves and the temporal structure of the permeability, and the demonstration of the advantages of transient sieves compared to standard separation methods. The proposed Research Unit comprises three different cases of lead experiments that represent specific realizations of transient sieves. The proposed Research Unit will serve as a nucleus for novel separation technologies that has the potential to replace existing technologies in numerous different application areas.