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 …

Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

Pervaporation is a molecular separation membrane technology for selective permeation of
water or organic compounds from organic-water mixtures or organic-organic mixtures. The …

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 …

Van der Waals (vdW) gaps with ångström-scale heights can confine molecules or ions to an
ultimately small scale, providing an alternative way to tune material properties and explore …

Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

The isolation of the first two-dimensional material, graphene–a monolayer of carbon atoms
arranged in a hexagonal lattice-opened new exciting opportunities in the field of condensed …

Nanofiltration plays an increasingly large role in many industrial applications, such as water
treatment (eg, desalination, water softening, and fluoride removal) and resource recovery …

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 …

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 …