Works (24)

Updated: August 8th, 2024 06:09

2024 journal article

The physical basis for solvent flow in organic solvent nanofiltration

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 10(24).

Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 5, 2024

2024 journal article

The solution-diffusion model for water transport in reverse osmosis: What went wrong?

DESALINATION, 580.

By: H. Fan*, M. Heiranian n & M. Elimelech*

author keywords: Reverse osmosis; Solution -diffusion model; Solution -friction model; Pore flow; Desalination
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 20, 2024

2023 article

Mechanisms and models for water transport in reverse osmosis membranes: history, critical assessment, and recent developments

Heiranian, M., Fan, H., Wang, L., Lu, X., & Elimelech, M. (2023, October 27). CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, Vol. 10.

By: M. Heiranian n, H. Fan*, L. Wang*, X. Lu* & M. Elimelech*

Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 13, 2023

2021 journal article

Dynamic and weak electric double layers in ultrathin nanopores

Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(13).

By: M. Heiranian*, Y. Noh* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: M. Heiranian*, Y. Noh* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: Using extensive molecular dynamics simulations, the structure and dynamics of aqueous ions inside nanopores are studied for different thicknesses, diameters, and surface charge densities of carbon-based nanopores [ultrathin graphene and finite-thickness carbon nanotubes (CNTs). (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2021 journal article

Selective Fluoride Transport in Subnanometer TiO<sub>2</sub>Pores

ACS Nano, 15(10), 16828–16838.

TL;DR: This work designed a highly fluoride-selective TiO2 film using the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique and shows that the specific Ti-F interactions compensate for the energy penalty of F- dehydration during the partitioned F- ions into the pore and allow for an intrapore accumulation ofF- ions. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2021 journal article

True driving force and characteristics of water transport in osmotic membranes

Desalination, 520.

By: L. Song*, M. Heiranian* & M. Elimelech*

Contributors: L. Song*, M. Heiranian* & M. Elimelech*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2021 journal article

Ultrasensitive Detection of Dopamine, IL-6 and SARS-CoV-2 Proteins on Crumpled Graphene FET Biosensor

Advanced Materials Technologies, 6(11).

TL;DR: The crumpled graphene FET‐based biosensing of important biomarkers including small molecules and proteins is reported and two COVID‐19 related proteins, nucleocapsid and spike (S‐) proteins antigens are successfully detected with extremely low LoDs. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2020 journal article

Current understanding and emerging applications of 3D crumpling mediated 2D material-liquid interactions

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 24(3).

By: P. Snapp*, M. Heiranian*, M. Hwang*, R. Bashir*, N. Aluru* & S. Nam*

Contributors: P. Snapp*, M. Heiranian*, M. Hwang*, R. Bashir*, N. Aluru* & S. Nam*

Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2020 journal article

Interfacial Properties of Water on Hydrogenated and Fluorinated Graphene Surfaces: Parametrization of Nonbonded Interactions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(39), 21467–21475.

By: A. Taqieddin*, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: A. Taqieddin*, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2020 journal article

Revisiting Sampson's theory for hydrodynamic transport in ultrathin nanopores

Physical Review Research, 2(4).

By: M. Heiranian*, A. Taqieddin* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: M. Heiranian*, A. Taqieddin* & N. Aluru*

Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2020 journal article

Ultrasensitive detection of nucleic acids using deformed graphene channel field effect biosensors

Nature Communications, 11(1).

TL;DR: A millimeter-sized transistor based on deformed graphene as a biosensor that can detect nucleic acid molecules having detection limit of ~18 molecules of DNA in physiological buffer solution and ~600 molecules in human serum is reported. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2019 journal article

Electrical Double Layer of Supported Atomically Thin Materials

Nano Letters, 19(7), 4588–4593.

By: S. Kwon*, J. Choi*, M. Heiranian*, Y. Kim*, W. Chang*, P. Knapp*, M. Wang*, J. Kim* ...

Contributors: S. Kwon*, J. Choi*, M. Heiranian*, Y. Kim*, W. Chang*, P. Knapp*, M. Wang*, J. Kim* ...

TL;DR: Molecular dynamics simulations show that the EDL structure of graphene on a hydrophobic substrate is disordered, caused by the disruption of water dipole assemblies, which advances understanding of EDL in atomically-thin limit. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2019 journal article

Nanofluidic Transport Theory with Enhancement Factors Approaching One

ACS Nano, 14(1), 272–281.

By: M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: The corrected HP (CHP) theory, successfully predicts the permeation rates from non-equilibrium MD pressure driven flows and will help better understand nanoscale flows in carbon-based pores and tubes. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2018 journal article

Identification of amino acids with sensitive nanoporous MoS<sub>2</sub>: towards machine learning-based prediction

Npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2(1).

By: A. Barati Farimani, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: A. Barati Farimani, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: It is shown that a nanoporous single-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) can detect individual amino acids in a polypeptide chain (16 units) with a high accuracy and distinguishability and show promise for the development of amino acid detection platforms with atomically thin materials assisted by machine learning. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2018 journal article

Strain Modulation of Graphene by Nanoscale Substrate Curvatures: A Molecular View

Nano Letters, 18(3), 2098–2104.

TL;DR: The effect of substrate corrugation and curvature on the strain profiles of graphene is studied via combined experimental and theoretical studies of a model system: graphene on closely packed SiO2 nanospheres with different diameters. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2018 article

Strain modulation of graphene by nanoscale substrate curvatures: A molecular view

ArXiv. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85094483241&partnerID=MN8TOARS

By: Y. Zhang, M. Heiranian, B. Janicek, Z. Budrikis, S. Zapperi, P. Huang, H. Johnson, N. Aluru, J. Lyding, N. Mason

Contributors: Y. Zhang, M. Heiranian, B. Janicek, Z. Budrikis, S. Zapperi, P. Huang, H. Johnson, N. Aluru, J. Lyding, N. Mason

Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2017 journal article

Antibody Subclass Detection Using Graphene Nanopores

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8(7), 1670–1676.

Contributors: A. Barati Farimani*, M. Heiranian*, K. Min* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: The results show that nanoporous graphene can be used to detect and distinguish antibody subclasses with good accuracy and the histogram of ionic current for each segment of IgG can provide high-resolution spatial detection. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2017 journal article

Molybdenum disulfide and water interaction parameters

Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(10).

By: M. Heiranian*, Y. Wu* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: M. Heiranian*, Y. Wu* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: Water- MoS2 force field parameters are derived using the high-accuracy random phase approximation (RPA) method and validated by comparing to experiments to result in water-MoS2 interface properties (solid-liquid work of adhesion) in good comparison to the experimental measurements. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2016 journal article

Nano-electro-mechanical pump: Giant pumping of water in carbon nanotubes

Scientific Reports, 6.

By: A. Farimani*, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: A. Farimani*, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: It is shown that an applied electric field to an ion@C60 inside a water-filled carbon nanotube can pump water with excellent efficiency and can pave the way towards efficient energy conversion, pumping of fluids at nanoscale, and drug delivery. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2016 journal article

Single-layer MoS<sub>2</sub> nanopores as nanopower generators

Nature, 536(7615), 197–200.

TL;DR: A large, osmotically induced current is observed produced from a salt gradient with an estimated power density of up to 106 watts per square metre—a current that can be attributed mainly to the atomically thin membrane of MoS2, thus demonstrating a self-powered nanosystem. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2015 journal article

Adsorption Kinetics Dictate Monolayer Self-Assembly for Both Lipid-In and Lipid-Out Approaches to Droplet Interface Bilayer Formation

Langmuir, 31(47), 12883–12893.

TL;DR: It is clarified that advective flow expedites monolayer formation and improves bilayer formation success rate by disrupting lipid structures, rather than enhancing diffusion, in the subsurface and at the interface for lipid-out technique. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2015 journal article

Electromechanical signatures for DNA sequencing through a mechanosensitive nanopore

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(4), 650–657.

By: A. Farimani*, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: A. Farimani*, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: This study shows that the initially closed mechanosensitive channel of large conductance (MscL) protein pore opens for single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) translocation under an applied electric field, and provides single nucleotide resolution in both electrical and mechanical signals. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2015 journal article

Erratum: Electromechanical signatures for DNA sequencing through a mechanosensitive nanopore (Journal Physical Chemistry Letters (2015) 6:4 (650-657) DOI:10.1021/jz5025417)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(13), 3365.

By: A. Farimani, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru

Contributors: A. Farimani, M. Heiranian* & N. Aluru

Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

2015 journal article

Water desalination with a single-layer MoS 2 nanopore

Nature Communications, 6.

By: M. Heiranian*, A. Farimani* & N. Aluru*

Contributors: M. Heiranian*, A. Farimani* & N. Aluru*

TL;DR: It is shown, by performing molecular dynamics simulations, that a nanopore in a single-layer molybdenum disulfide can effectively reject ions and allow transport of water at a high rate. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 16, 2024

Employment

Updated: October 29th, 2023 20:36

2023 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, US
Assistant Professor

2021 - 2023

Yale University New Haven, US
Postdoctoral Associate

Education

Updated: October 29th, 2023 20:37

University of Manitoba Winnipeg, CA
BS

2016 - 2020

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois, US
PhD Mechanical Science and Engineering

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