Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Diffusiophoresis is the spontaneous motion of particles under a concentration gradient of
solutes. Since the first recognition by Derjaguin and colleagues in 1947 in the form of …

Exosomes are nanometer-sized lipid vesicles present in liquid biopsies and used as
biomarkers for several diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's, and central nervous system …

Salinity gradients have been identified as promising clean, renewable and non-intermittent
sources of energy—so-called blue energy. However, the low efficiency of current harvesting …

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 …

Salinity gradient power (SGP) has been identified as a promising renewable energy source.
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) are two membrane …

Osmosis is a universal phenomenon occurring in a broad variety of processes and fields. It
is the archetype of entropic forces, both trivial in its fundamental expression–the van't Hoff …

The increase of energy demand added to the concern for environmental pollution linked to
energy generation based on the combustion of fossil fuels has motivated the study and …

Flow-driven rotary motors such as windmills and water wheels drive functional processes in
human society. Although examples of such rotary motors also feature prominently in cell …

In this review, we cover recent advances in microfluidic colloid separation enabled by
diffusiophoresis. Diffusiophoresis describes the motion of colloidal particles induced by local …