Recent advancements in materials science have shed light on the potential of exploring
hierarchical assemblies of molecules on surfaces, driven by both fundamental and …

Fast transport of water inside nanoscale graphitic surfaces, namely carbon nanotubes and
graphene, forms the basis of aqueous carbon nanofluidic phenomena for which there are …

A groundbreaking discovery in nanofluidics was the observation of the tremendously
enhanced water permeability of carbon nanotubes, those iconic objects of nanosciences …

The properties of water on both molecular and macroscopic surfaces critically influence a
wide range of physical behaviors, with applications spanning from membrane science to …

Grotthuss shuttling of an excess proton charge defect through hydrogen bonded water
networks has long been the focus of theoretical and experimental studies. In this work we …

Molecules confined inside single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) behave quite
differently from their bulk analogues. In this Letter we present temperature-dependent (4.2 K …

Among a wide variety of inorganic nanotubes, imogolite nanotubes (INTs) represent a model
of nanoplatforms with an untapped potential for advanced technological applications. Easily …

New developments in nanosciences and nanotechnologies are strongly dependent on our
ability to synthesize well-controlled nanobuilding units, with specific properties. We report in …

Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are a good model system that provides atomically
smooth nanocavities. It has been reported that water-SWCNTs exhibit hydrophobicity …

The behavior of molecules under nanoconfinement is crucial for understanding the chemical
processes in biological and nanomaterial systems. We demonstrated here an infrared …