The Center for Enhanced Nanofluidic Transport (CENT)
Director
Michael Strano
Lead Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Class
2018-2022
Mission
To address emerging and compelling gaps in our knowledge of fluid flow and molecular transport in single digit nanopores and establish the scientific foundation for developing transformative molecular separation technologies impacting the Water‐Energy Nexus.
Research Topics
defects, charge transport, separations, membranes, water, synthesis (novel materials)
Materials Studied
Materials: semiconductor, polymer, porous
Interfaces: gas/liquid
Nanostructured Materials: 1D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
scanning probe microscopy, near-field microscopy, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), multiscale modeling
Partner Institutions
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stanford University
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Florida
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- University of Maryland
- Yale University
