CamilleViolet

5th year PhD candidate in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University. I study membranes to advance circular resource economies.

[CamilleViolet @CamilleViolet1]

@NatureWaterJnl Many thanks to the co-authors and advisors involved in this work: Akash Ball, @Mosi_jon, @Villalobos_LF, Junwei Zhang, Betul Uralcan, Heather Kulik, @theIranianAlien, and @TheElimelechLab at @YaleEnvEng. Supported by @CENT_EFRC.

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Happy to share our Perspective article in @NatureWaterJnl!

Insights from biological ion channels tell us that specific binding sites are needed for precise ion separations, but how should these chemistries be selected and implemented in membrane design?

https://t.co/PKsFexDNuu

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@NatureWaterJnl (6/6) As material fabrication techniques advance toward greater precision, membrane science will continue to advance toward peak separation performance: the ability to filter solutes based on their unique electronic fingerprints.

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@NatureWaterJnl (5/6) We outline synthetic methods to incorporate and pattern ion-specific binding sites into prevalent nanostructured materials such as COFs, MOFs, 2D materials, and polymers.

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@NatureWaterJnl (4/6) The pharmaceutical industry is adept at predicting selective chemical interactions because drug efficacy largely depends on selective binding with proteins. We suggest adapting methods from drug discovery to the identification of ion-specific binding sites for membranes.

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@NatureWaterJnl (3/6) Optimizing ion-binding site interactions for fast and selective transport in membrane nanopores involves navigating trade-offs between ion partitioning and diffusion. Moderate binding affinities and closely spaced sites are needed for facilitated transport.

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@NatureWaterJnl (2/6) Separating near-identical solutes, like Co2+ and Ni2+, requires identifying ion-specific features beyond size and charge. We provide examples where orbital geometry, polarizability, vdW forces, hydrogen bonding, and solvent interactions enable ion-selective interactions.

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It could be worse. You could be Michael Smith.

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@Shihong_Lin @TheElimelechLab @wetsus @WUR Chills

[Menachem Elimelech @TheElimelechLab]

Congrats to @CassPorterCEE on completing a successful PhD defense, and best of luck in your upcoming faculty position at @AuburnU @AuburnEngineers

Your artistic skills are as good as your scientific prowess. Your painting of Ein Gedi, Israel, is beautiful

@YaleEnvEng @YaleSEAS

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Excited to share our recent @EnvSciTech article "Salt and Water Transport in Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Beyond the Solution-Diffusion Model". Work done at @TheElimelechLab in collaboration with @Wetsus and @WUR

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Open access: https://t.co/ZH1Wb4JnRY

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A whole lot of work and a whole lot of celebrating. PhD Candidate Violet reporting for duty.

[Jaehong Kim @JaehongKim_Yale]

#SquidGame for PhD degree at Yale @YaleEnvEng. Unfortunately, Inhyeong Jeon, a @NEWTCenter student, failed…

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So far, a lot of my PhD has been learning that somebody already did my ideas. #showmethegap

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Review paper: “There is a critical knowledge gap…”
After deeper literature review, the gap:

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Organic cages and wide open spaces. Thanks @NAMS2021!

[Menachem Elimelech @TheElimelechLab]

Another summer fun activity of our group before the beginning of the fall semester. This time at the beautiful Lighthouse Point Park in the @cityofnewhaven

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[Ryan DuChanois @Ryan_DuChanois]

Are you teaching a college course related to water purification?

Do you need to add new material to your syllabus?

Using the article we just published, you can teach your students to derive the energy consumption of desalination.
We even included lecture slides!

[Menachem Elimelech @TheElimelechLab]

Our article in @ACSPublications Journal of Chemical Education on a course module "Derivation of the Theoretical Minimum Energy of Separation of Desalination Processes." Complete lecture slides are included in the SI. @ACSDivCHED

Open access article:
https://t.co/1z0Tq3mw8H