Coordination Funds

拟议的研究股的目的是在实验和理论/模拟密切协调的基础上探索瞬态筛。瞬态筛是一种分离液体中溶解或悬浮物质的新技术。虽然迄今为止的实验研究主要是静态孔隙，但瞬态筛子的孔隙在物种通过的时间尺度上改变了它们的渗透率。这将使筛子具有新颖和有用的特性，例如提高选择性和/或降低能耗。一个基本的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瞬态筛的特性，优化瞬态筛的空间结构和渗透率的时间结构，并证明瞬态筛与标准分离方法相比的优势。拟议的研究单位包括三个不同的铅实验案例，代表瞬态筛的具体实现。拟议的研究股将作为新型分离技术的核心，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.