Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions

K Holmberg, A Erdemir - Friction, 2017 - Springer
Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Structure and nanostructure in ionic liquids

R Hayes, GG Warr, R Atkin - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Much of chemistry is concerned with the study of reactions and processes in solution, that is,
where liquids are used as solvents. 2, 3 The solvent is the (excess) liquid phase in which …

Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale

J Shen, G Liu, Y Han, W ** - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Quasi‐solid aqueous electrolytes for low‐cost sustainable alkali‐metal batteries

X Yi, Y Feng, AM Rao, J Zhou, C Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous electrolytes are highly important for batteries due to their sustainability, greenness,
and low cost. However, the free water molecules react violently with alkali metals, rendering …

The first-principles phase diagram of monolayer nanoconfined water

V Kapil, C Schran, A Zen, J Chen, CJ Pickard… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Water in nanoscale cavities is ubiquitous and of central importance to everyday phenomena
in geology and biology. However, the properties of nanoscale water can be substantially …

Fluids at the nanoscale: from continuum to subcontinuum transport

N Kavokine, RR Netz, L Bocquet - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Ab initio simulations of water/metal interfaces

A Groß, S Sakong - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Structures and processes at water/metal interfaces play an important technological role in
electrochemical energy conversion and storage, photoconversion, sensors, and corrosion …

Swelling of graphene oxide membranes in aqueous solution: characterization of interlayer spacing and insight into water transport mechanisms

S Zheng, Q Tu, JJ Urban, S Li, B Mi - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Graphene oxide (GO) has recently emerged as a promising 2D nanomaterial to make high-
performance membranes for important applications. However, the aqueous-phase …

Stacking of 2D materials

HW Guo, Z Hu, ZB Liu, JG Tian - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D layered materials have sparked great interest from the perspective of basic
physics and applied science in the past few years. Extraordinarily, many novel stacked …

Manipulating interfacial polymerization for polymeric nanofilms of composite separation membranes

Z Wang, S Liang, Y Kang, W Zhao, Y **a, J Yang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composite separation membranes are essential in the fields of water treatment, mass
concentration, purification, solvent exchange, gas separation, energy storage and …