Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

Fluids at the nanoscale: from continuum to subcontinuum transport

N Kavokine, RR Netz, L Bocquet - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Nanofluidics has firmly established itself as a new field in fluid mechanics, as novel
properties have been shown to emerge in fluids at the nanometric scale. Thanks to recent …

Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt

P Li, Y Jiang, Y Hu, Y Men, Y Liu, W Cai, S Chen - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The origin of the large kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis, that is, the
approximately two orders of magnitude decrease in reaction kinetics when moving from acid …

Nanofluidics coming of age

L Bocquet - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Nanofluidics coming of age | Nature Materials Skip to main content Thank you for visiting
nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best …

Fluctuation-induced quantum friction in nanoscale water flows

N Kavokine, ML Bocquet, L Bocquet - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The flow of water in carbon nanochannels has defied understanding thus far, with
accumulating experimental evidence for ultra-low friction, exceptionally high water flow rates …

2D materials as an emerging platform for nanopore-based power generation

M Macha, S Marion, VVR Nandigana… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Osmotic power generation, the extraction of power from mixing salt solutions of different
concentrations, can provide an efficient power source for both nanoscale and industrial-level …

Structure and chemistry of graphene oxide in liquid water from first principles

F Mouhat, FX Coudert, ML Bocquet - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Graphene oxide is a rising star among 2D materials, yet its interaction with liquid water
remains a fundamentally open question: experimental characterization at the atomic scale is …

Enhanced nanofluidic transport in activated carbon nanoconduits

T Emmerich, KS Vasu, A Niguès, A Keerthi, B Radha… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Carbon has emerged as a unique material in nanofluidics, with reports of fast water
transport, molecular ion separation and efficient osmotic energy conversion. Many of these …

Confinement-controlled aqueous chemistry within nanometric slit pores: Focus review

D Munoz-Santiburcio, D Marx - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this Focus Review, we put the spotlight on very recent insights into the fascinating world of
wet chemistry in the realm offered by nanoconfinement of water in mechanically rather rigid …

Water friction in nanofluidic channels made from two-dimensional crystals

A Keerthi, S Goutham, Y You, P Iamprasertkun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Membrane-based applications such as osmotic power generation, desalination and
molecular separation would benefit from decreasing water friction in nanoscale channels …