Alginate is an excellent biodegradable and renewable material that is already used for a
broad range of industrial applications, including advanced fields, such as biomedicine and …

Boosted by the great success of graphene, the past decade has witnessed the rapid
development of graphene-analogous two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. Despite the high …

The assembly of individual two-dimensional materials into van der Waals heterostructures
enables the construction of layered three-dimensional materials with desirable electronic …

Elemental phosphorus is attracting growing interest across fundamental and applied fields
of research. However, atomistic simulations of phosphorus have remained an outstanding …

Capacitive deionization is an emerging technology for energy-efficient water desalination
and has attracted more and more attention in recent years. The capacitive deionization …

With the advance of chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology, significant progress
has been achieved in the design and application of synthetic nanofluidic devices and …

The wettability of graphene remains controversial owing to its high sensitivity to the
surroundings, which is reflected by the wide range of reported water contact angle (WCA) …

We present an accurate interatomic potential for graphene, constructed using the Gaussian
approximation potential (GAP) machine learning methodology. This GAP model obtains a …

We discuss here next-generation membranes based on graphene for water desalination,
based on the results of molecular simulations, application of nanofabrication technologies …

The physical-chemistry of the graphene/aqueous–electrolyte interface underpins the
operational conditions of a wide range of devices. Despite its importance, this interface is …