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 …

The osmotic pressure difference between river water and seawater is a promising source of
renewable energy. However, current osmotic energy conversion processes show limited …

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 …

Recent advances in nanofluidics have enabled the confinement of water down to a single
molecular layer. Such monolayer electrolytes show promise in achieving bioinspired …

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 …

The human brain completes intelligent behaviors such as the generation, transmission, and
storage of neural signals by regulating the ionic conductivity of ion channels in neuron cells …

Nanotube porins form transmembrane nanomaterial-derived scaffolds that mimic the
geometry and functionality of biological membrane channels. We report synthesis, transport …

The fusion of hierarchical tissues at interfaces, incorporating ultrafast selective transport
channels, enables efficient matter exchange and energy transfer across multiscale …

Understanding and exploring the transport behaviors of ions and molecules in the nano and
sub-nano confinement has great meaning in the fields of nanofluidics and basic transport …

The human brain performs computations via a highly interconnected network of neurons.
Taking inspiration from the information delivery and processing mechanism of the human …