Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets: preparation, heat transport property and application as thermally conductive fillers

L An, Y Yu, Q Cai, S Mateti, LH Li, YI Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The urgent need for ultrahigh thermally conductive materials to keep up with the rapid
development of the electronics industry has led to the exploration of hexagonal boron nitride …

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 …

Covalent organic framework membranes for efficient separation of monovalent cations

H Wang, Y Zhai, Y Li, Y Cao, B Shi, R Li, Z Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Covalent organic frameworks (COF), with rigid, highly ordered and tunable structures, can
actively manipulate the synergy of entropic selectivity and enthalpic selectivity, holding great …

Regulating ion affinity and dehydration of metal-organic framework sub-nanochannels for high-precision ion separation

RJ Mo, S Chen, LQ Huang, XL Ding, S Rafique… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Membrane consisting of ordered sub-nanochannels has been pursued in ion separation
technology to achieve applications including desalination, environment management, and …

Two-dimensional MXene membranes with biomimetic sub-nanochannels for enhanced cation sieving

R Xu, Y Kang, W Zhang, B Pan, X Zhang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Membranes with high ion permeability and selectivity are of considerable interest for
sustainable water treatment, resource extraction and energy storage. Herein, inspired by K+ …

Direct lithium extraction: A new paradigm for lithium production and resource utilization

J Farahbakhsh, F Arshadi, Z Mofidi, M Mohseni-Dargah… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing demand for lithium batteries in various applications has increased lithium
production from multiple sources, including ores, brines, and spent batteries. Traditional …

Nanomaterials: A review of synthesis methods, properties, recent progress, and challenges

N Baig, I Kammakakam, W Falath - Materials advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomaterials have emerged as an amazing class of materials that consists of a broad
spectrum of examples with at least one dimension in the range of 1 to 100 nm. Exceptionally …

Angstrom-scale ion channels towards single-ion selectivity

H Zhang, X Li, J Hou, L Jiang, H Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

[HTML][HTML] MXene-based materials for removal of antibiotics and heavy metals from wastewater–a review

FA Janjhi, I Ihsanullah, M Bilal, R Castro-Muñoz… - Water Resources and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a novel family of 2D materials, MXenes provide an extensive variety of applications in
water and effluent treatment due to their distinctive properties and attractive applicability …

A critical review on electrospun membranes containing 2D materials for seawater desalination

R Castro-Muñoz - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofibers are a cutting-edge class of membranes which have been applied in
several molecular separations. These membranes can be well designed and tailored due to …