FLUXIONIC: Controlled transport of water and ions in nanoconfinement

在科学和工程的许多领域，控制液体物质通过尺寸从ngströms到纳米的通道的传输是一项关键的挑战。然而，由于我们缺乏理解，这一领域的进展受到阻碍，因为对运输现象的传统宏观描述被打破了。解释亚纳米尺度上的异常输运行为需要将实验与原子模型计算紧密结合起来。这一新兴领域有望产生巨大的技术和社会经济影响。然而，必须培训新一代早期研究人员掌握开发和应用精确控制的纳米流体质量传输所需的各种技能。简而言之，这就是FLUXIONIC计划的目标：连接物理学、化学、材料科学和新兴的纳米技术。我们创建了这个由学术和私人合作伙伴组成的网络，主要目的是为年轻研究人员提供综合培训和强大的借调计划。FLUXIONIC将提供由国际顶尖科学家提供的严格、平衡和及时的跨学科培训，并提供在行业和学术界之间流动的无缝机会。在纳米尺度上研究流体和带电粒子输运的实验和理论方法方面的最新令人兴奋的发展意味着，我们现在处于一个阶段，探索关键过程是可行的，我们的研究计划有望取得基础和应用突破。FLUXIONIC的额外影响将是通过长期合作来构建欧盟的研究环境，整合博士培训计划，并将学术界和产业界的研发联系起来。我们将培训年轻的研究人员，使其在纳米技术快速增长的领域发挥未来的领导作用，这些领域对现代社会的核心挑战具有强大的影响：清洁水、疾病治疗、可持续生产、能源储存和使用。

Controlling transport of liquid matter through channels with dimensions from Ångströms to nanometres is a key challenge in many areas of science and engineering. However, progress in this field is hampered by our lack of understanding, as the conventional macroscopic description of transport phenomena breaks down. Explaining the anomalous transport behaviour at the sub-nano scale necessitates close integration of experiments with atomistic model calculations. The emerging field promises huge technological and socio-economic impact. However, it is essential to train a new generation of early-stage researchers in the diverse skills that are needed to develop and apply precisely controlled nanofluidic mass transport. This, in a few words, is the aim of FLUXIONIC program: bridging Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, and emerging nanoscale technologies. We created the network comprising academic and private partners with the major objective to offer an integrated training and a strong program of secondments to young researchers. FLUXIONIC will provide a rigorous, balanced, and timely supra-disciplinary training delivered by internationally leading scientists, with seamless opportunities to move between industry and academia. Recent exciting developments in experimental and theoretical methods to study transport of fluids and charged particles at the nanoscale mean that we are now at a stage where exploration of key processes is viable and fundamental and applied breakthroughs can be expected from our research program. The additional impact of FLUXIONIC will be structuring the EU research environment through long-term collaborations, consolidating doctoral training programs, and bridging the R&D in academia and industry. We will train young researchers for future leadership in the rapidly growing fields of nanotechnology with strong impacts on core challenges of modern society: clean water, disease treatment, sustainable production, storage and usage of energy.