Membrane-based separations for water purification and desalination have been
increasingly applied to address the global challenges of water scarcity and the pollution of …

Porous crystalline materials usually include metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent
organic frameworks (COFs), hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) and zeolites …

Mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale, including selective transport of gases, liquids
and ions, plays a key role in systems such as catalysis, energy generation and storage …

From the reviews of the 3rd edition:" The textbook of Walter Larcher (...) belongs certainly to
the most successful manuals that ever existed."(Photosynthetica, Czech Republic)"(...) it …

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 …

Contents Summary 67 I. Introduction 68 II. Silicon transport in plants: to absorb or not to
absorb 69 III. The role of silicon in plants: not just a matter of semantics 71 IV. Silicon and …

Fast water transport through carbon nanotube pores has raised the possibility to use them in
the next generation of water treatment technologies. We report that water permeability in 0.8 …

Molecular separations that enable selective transport of target molecules from gas and liquid
molecular mixtures, such as CO2 capture, olefin/paraffin separations, and organic solvent …

Tunable gating graphene oxide (GO) membranes with high water permeance and precise
molecular separation remain highly desired in smart nanofiltration devices. Herein …

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) serves as the sole bidirectional gateway of
macromolecules in and out of the nucleus. Owing to its size and complexity (∼ 1,000 protein …