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 …

Recent progress in the preparation, properties and applications of superhydrophobic nano-based coatings and surfaces: A review

P Nguyen-Tri, HN Tran, CO Plamondon… - Progress in organic …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
With the recent progress in nanotechnology and material engineering, nano-based coatings
have become multifunctional, smarter, efficient, versatile and durable. Superhydrophobic …

Critical knowledge gaps in mass transport through single-digit nanopores: A review and perspective

S Faucher, N Aluru, MZ Bazant… - The Journal of …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Not all nanopores are created equal. By definition, nanopores have characteristic diameters
or conduit widths between∼ 1 and 100 nm. However, the narrowest of such pores, perhaps …

Nanostructure engineering of cathode layers in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: From catalysts to membrane electrode assembly

B Yang, Z **ang - ACS nano, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is the core component of proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), which is the place where the reaction occurrence, the …

Carbon nanomaterials for advanced energy conversion and storage

L Dai, DW Chang, JB Baek, W Lu - small, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
It is estimated that the world will need to double its energy supply by 2050. Nanotechnology
has opened up new frontiers in materials science and engineering to meet this challenge by …

Recent advances in the potential applications of bioinspired superhydrophobic materials

T Darmanin, F Guittard - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This review gives an overview of recent advances in the potential applications of
superhydrophobic materials. Such properties are characterized by extremely high water …

Membrane gas separation: a review/state of the art

P Bernardo, E Drioli, G Golemme - Industrial & engineering …, 2009‏ - ACS Publications
In the last years membrane processes for gas separation are gaining a larger acceptance in
industry and in the market are competing with consolidated operations such as pressure …

Carbon nanotube thin films: fabrication, properties, and applications

L Hu, DS Hecht, G Gruner - Chemical reviews, 2010‏ - ACS Publications
Nanoscale materials, defined as having at least one dimension less than 100 nm, have
received steadily growing interest due to their unique properties and application potential …

Superhydrophobic surfaces: from structural control to functional application

X Zhang, F Shi, J Niu, Y Jiang, Z Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A superhydrophobic surface is a surface with a water contact angle close to or higher than
150°. In this feature article, we review the historical and present research on …

Hierarchical electrospun nanofibers for energy harvesting, production and environmental remediation

PS Kumar, J Sundaramurthy, S Sundarrajan… - Energy & …, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
As the demand for energy is rapidly growing worldwide ahead of energy supply, there is an
impulse need to develop alternative energy-harvesting technologies to sustain economic …