FLUXIONIC: Controlled transport of water and ions in nanoconfinement

在许多科学和工程领域，控制液体物质通过尺寸从Ångströms到纳米的通道的运输是一个关键挑战。然而，由于对输运现象的传统宏观描述失效，这一领域的进展受到了我们缺乏理解的阻碍。解释亚纳米尺度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，培养新一代的早期研究人员具有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是至关重要的。简而言之，这就是FLUXIONIC项目的目标：桥接物理、化学、材料科学和新兴纳米技术。我们创建了由学术和私人合作伙伴组成的网络，主要目标是为年轻研究人员提供综合培训和强大的借调计划。FLUXIONIC将提供由国际领先的科学家提供的严格，平衡和及时的超学科培训，并提供在工业界和学术界之间移动的无缝机会。最近在纳米尺度上研究流体和带电粒子传输的实验和理论方法方面取得了令人兴奋的进展，这意味着我们现在正处于探索关键过程可行的阶段，我们的研究项目有望取得基础和应用方面的突破。FLUXIONIC的额外影响将是通过长期合作构建欧盟的研究环境，巩固博士培训计划，并弥合学术界和工业界的研发。我们将培训年轻的研究人员，使他们成为纳米技术快速发展领域的未来领导，这些领域对现代社会的核心挑战有重大影响：清洁水、疾病治疗、可持续生产、储存和使用能源。

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.