Chemical and physical reactions are usually carried out under conditions where there is a field, temperature or density gradient, flow or a continual change in conditions. In contrast, theoretical predictions often assume idealised conditions.
Nanoporous solids are used as adsorbents in pollution control, desalination, industrial separations, storage of fluids and catalysis. Simulations can be used to assist in the design of better materials, and to understand the nature of the adsorption and transport processes.
Researchers from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) have won $1.5 million to improve precision nanomedicines and create a cleaner environment – all while strengthening industry ties.
Systems that are flowing, conducting ions or electrcity, growing or changing with time are nonequilibrium systems. In fact, all real systems are out of equilbrium to some degree. Despite this, there is much to be learnt about how such systems behave at the molecular level.
