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 …

Membrane-based nanoconfined heterogeneous catalysis for water purification: A critical review✰

QV Ly, L Cui, MB Asif, W Khan, LD Nghiem, Y Hwang… - Water Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Progress in heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is hampered by several
issues including mass transfer limitation, limited diffusion of short-lived reactive oxygen …

Ultrafast water permeation through nanochannels with a densely fluorous interior surface

Y Itoh, S Chen, R Hirahara, T Konda, T Aoki, T Ueda… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Ultrafast water permeation in aquaporins is promoted by their hydrophobic interior surface.
Polytetrafluoroethylene has a dense fluorine surface, leading to its strong water repellence …

Anomalously low dielectric constant of confined water

L Fumagalli, A Esfandiar, R Fabregas, S Hu, P Ares… - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
The dielectric constant ε of interfacial water has been predicted to be smaller than that of
bulk water (ε≈ 80) because the rotational freedom of water dipoles is expected to decrease …

Nanoconfinement-mediated water treatment: from fundamental to application

J Qian, X Gao, B Pan - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Safe and clean water is of pivotal importance to all living species and the ecosystem on
earth. However, the accelerating economy and industrialization of mankind generate water …

Capillary condensation under atomic-scale confinement

Q Yang, PZ Sun, L Fumagalli, YV Stebunov, SJ Haigh… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Capillary condensation of water is ubiquitous in nature and technology. It routinely occurs in
granular and porous media, can strongly alter such properties as adhesion, lubrication …

[HTML][HTML] Separation mechanism, selectivity enhancement strategies and advanced materials for mono-/multivalent ion-selective nanofiltration membrane

D Lu, Z Yao, L Jiao, M Waheed, Z Sun, L Zhang - Advanced Membranes, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Mono-/multivalent ion-selective separation has become a common requirement at the water-
energy nexus, including energy storage and conversion, water purification, and sustainable …

Swelling of graphene oxide membranes in aqueous solution: characterization of interlayer spacing and insight into water transport mechanisms

S Zheng, Q Tu, JJ Urban, S Li, B Mi - ACS nano, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Graphene oxide (GO) has recently emerged as a promising 2D nanomaterial to make high-
performance membranes for important applications. However, the aqueous-phase …

Nanofluidics

T Emmerich, N Ronceray, KV Agrawal… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Fluid transport at the nanoscale is ubiquitous in nature. However, rigorous study of fluid flow
and structure in artificial nanopores only emerged relatively recently. Termed nanofluidics …

How water's properties are encoded in its molecular structure and energies

E Brini, CJ Fennell, M Fernandez-Serra… - Chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
How are water's material properties encoded within the structure of the water molecule? This
is pertinent to understanding Earth's living systems, its materials, its geochemistry and …