Convective flow driven by a chemical nanopump

We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that self-assembled precipitate membranes with dual permeability can initiate and maintain exchange nanoflows using the chemical-potential gradient of a dissolving solute. Moreover, we show how such chemical energy can drive stable, oscillatory, and explosive convective motions.
J.H.E.C. acknowledges the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Science, MINCINN Project No. FIS2016-77692-C2-2-P. The authors acknowledge the contribution of the COST Action No. CA17120.