We study the impact of the induced pressure fields on the water flow and salt rejection in nanopores produced in MoS2 membranes. We observe that the water permeability and the salt rejection are not impacted by the distance between the pores. This result contradicts the continuous fluid mechanics calculations in microfilters, which indicates the existence of hydrodynamic interactions between adjacent pores that increase the water mobility. Our results suggest that at this nanoscale, the hydrodynamic interactions do not affect the water mobility through nanopores.
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