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 …

Probing and manipulating noncovalent interactions in functional polymeric systems

J Chen, Q Peng, X Peng, H Zhang, H Zeng - Chemical Reviews, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions, which usually feature tunable strength, reversibility, and
environmental adaptability, have been recognized as driving forces in a variety of biological …

Water at charged interfaces

G Gonella, EHG Backus, Y Nagata… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The ubiquity of aqueous solutions in contact with charged surfaces and the realization that
the molecular-level details of water–surface interactions often determine interfacial functions …

Recent progress in cartilage lubrication

W Lin, J Klein - Advanced Materials, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Healthy articular cartilage, covering the ends of bones in major joints such as hips and
knees, presents the most efficiently‐lubricated surface known in nature, with friction …

A comprehensive review on the behavior and evolution of oil droplets during oil/water separation by membranes

J Zhang, K Peng, ZK Xu, Y **ong, J Liu, C Cai… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Membrane separation technology has significant advantages for treating oil-in-water
emulsions. Understanding the evolution of oil droplets could reveal the interfacial and …

Crystallization in confinement

FC Meldrum, C O'Shaughnessy - Advanced Materials, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many crystallization processes of great importance, including frost heave, biomineralization,
the synthesis of nanomaterials, and scale formation, occur in small volumes rather than bulk …

Ultra-strong bio-glue from genetically engineered polypeptides

C Ma, J Sun, B Li, Y Feng, Y Sun, L **ang, B Wu… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The development of biomedical glues is an important, yet challenging task as seemingly
mutually exclusive properties need to be combined in one material, ie strong adhesion and …

Food emulsions stabilized by proteins and emulsifiers: A review of the mechanistic explorations

Y Liu, Q Wu, J Zhang, W Yan, X Mao - International Journal of Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The stability of food emulsions is the basis for other properties. During their production and
processing, emulsions tend to become unstable due to their thermodynamic instability, and it …

Hydrogen-bonds mediate liquid-liquid phase separation of mussel derived adhesive peptides

Q Guo, G Zou, X Qian, S Chen, H Gao, J Yu - Nature Communications, 2022‏ - nature.com
Marine mussels achieve strong underwater adhesion by depositing mussel foot proteins
(Mfps) that form coacervates during the protein secretion. However, the molecular …

Adaptive synergy between catechol and lysine promotes wet adhesion by surface salt displacement

GP Maier, MV Rapp, JH Waite, JN Israelachvili… - Science, 2015‏ - science.org
In physiological fluids and seawater, adhesion of synthetic polymers to solid surfaces is
severely limited by high salt, pH, and hydration, yet these conditions have not deterred the …