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 …

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 …

Advances in the synthesis and scalable manufacturing of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs) remain critical to realizing many important commercial applications. Here we …

Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

Measurements and simulations have found that water moves through carbon nanotubes at
exceptionally high rates owing to nearly frictionless interfaces,,,. These observations have …

Fast, cheap, and reliable DNA sequencing could be one of the most disruptive innovations
of this decade, as it will pave the way for personalized medicine. In pursuit of such …

New models of fluid transport are expected to emerge from the confinement of liquids at the
nanoscale,, with potential applications in ultrafiltration, desalination and energy conversion …

We report selective ionic transport through controlled, high-density, subnanometer diameter
pores in macroscopic single-layer graphene membranes. Isolated, reactive defects were first …

Owing to its profound pollution-inducing properties and resistance to biodegradation, saline
organic wastewater (SOW) has unavoidably emerged as a predominant focal point within …

It is generally accepted that supported graphene is hydrophobic and that its water contact
angle is similar to that of graphite. Here, we show that the water contact angles of freshly …