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 …

Water scarcity is one of the greatest societal challenges facing humanity. Reverse osmosis
(RO) desalination, a widely used membrane-based technology, has proven to be effective to …

Despite decades of dominance in separation technology, progress in the design and
development of high-performance polymer-based membranes has been incremental …

Mechanosensitivity is one of the essential functionalities of biological ion channels.
Synthesizing an artificial nanofluidic system to mimic such sensations will not only improve …

The quasi-frictionless water flow across graphitic surfaces offers vast opportunities for a wide
range of applications from biomedical science to energy. However, the conflicting …

As a sustainable, cost-effective and energy-efficient method, membranes are becoming a
progressively vital technique to solve the problem of the scarcity of freshwater resources …

The hydrogen-bond network of confined water is expected to deviate from that of the bulk
liquid, yet probing these deviations remains a significant challenge. In this work, we combine …

The discrete characteristics of molecules become dominant in the molecular regime when
the surface-to-volume ratio becomes very high. Using the well-established continuum …

A novel polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) fiber membrane with ordered geometric pore
structure was fabricated via 3D printing near field electrospinning (NFES) technology …

Optimizing ion transport through nanoporous graphene membranes with intricate
engineering at nanoscale levels finds applications ranging from ion segregation to …