Living organisms use ions and small molecules as information carriers to communicate with
the external environment at ultralow power consumption. Inspired by biological systems …

Nanopores play essential roles in biological processes, such as ion channels and pumps in
cellular membranes, and in technological applications such as DNA sequencing …

Ionic current rectification (ICR) of charged conical nanopores has various applications in
fields including nanofluidics, biosensing, and energy conversion, whose function is closely …

Hydrophobic gating in biological transport proteins is regulated by stimulus-specific
switching between filled and empty nanocavities, endowing them with selective mass …

The proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is a device that demonstrates a significant
potential for environmental sustainability, since it efficiently converts chemical energy into …

Biological processes require concerted function of many channels embedded in the cell
membrane. While single solid‐state nanopores are already designed to mimic properties of …

The nanofluidic ionic signal is governed by the interactions between ion species and the
surface charge, surface wettability, and pore diameter of nanofluidic membranes. However …

Bipolar nanopores, with asymmetric charge distributions, can induce significant ionic current
rectification (ICR) at ultrashort lengths, finding potential applications in nanofluidic devices …

Hierarchical nanoporous particles combine properties of microporous and mesoporous
materials that are widely exploited for energy storage and conversion, separation of gases …

Nanofluidic iontronics, including the field-effect ionic diode (FE-ID) and field-effect ionic
transistor (FE-IT), represent emerging nanofluidic logic devices that have been employed in …