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Workspace Storage Copy Data Management
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Created on Nov 13, 2026

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Hydration-Shell Dynamics in 3D-Printed Porous Scaffolds for Selective Ion Sensors

Problem: A printed sensor scaffold can place binding groups at precise pore locations, but the hydration shell of an ion approaching a deep pore differs from one approaching a surface pore, so selectivity varies with pore depth. If the print file is revised without preserving the earlier pore layout and its hydration logic, a later sensor may lose the selectivity the first one had, with no record of what changed. Version control must cover the print geometry, not just the chemistry.

Solution: Storage Copy Data Management would preserve versioned copies of each printed sensor scaffold — print file, pore geometry, functionalisation steps, hydration rationale per pore class, DFT prediction, and calibration plan — so any sensor can be traced to its exact printed form. The capability would keep regeneration history with each version.

Evidence Basis: DOCUMENTED — hydration-shell dynamics at interfaces controls binding kinetics; DFT (Kohn–Sham) predicts which surface groups bind which ions; biosorption isotherms (Langmuir/Freundlich) are textbook. Source: Hohenberg–Kohn 1964; Kohn–Sham 1965; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998.

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