Exploring ultimate water capillary evaporation in nanoscale conduits

Y Li, MA Alibakhshi, Y Zhao, C Duan - Nano letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Capillary evaporation in nanoscale conduits is an efficient heat/mass transfer strategy that
has been widely utilized by both nature and mankind. Despite its broad impact, the ultimate …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of Janus membrane

S Qian, B Zhao, J Mao, Z Liu, Q Zhao, B Lu, X Mao… - Biomedical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The traditional membrane with single structure cannot satisfy complex clinical applications.
Inspired by lotus leaf, a novel structure Janus membrane has achieved more attention …

Ultrafast diameter-dependent water evaporation from nanopores

Y Li, H Chen, S Xiao, MA Alibakhshi, CW Lo, MC Lu… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Evaporation from nanopores plays an important role in various natural and industrial
processes that require efficient heat and mass transfer. The ultimate performance of …

Liquid gating elastomeric porous system with dynamically controllable gas/liquid transport

Z Sheng, H Wang, Y Tang, M Wang, L Huang, L Min… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
The development of membrane technology is central to fields ranging from resource
harvesting to medicine, but the existing designs are unable to handle the complex sorting of …

Pressure-driven distillation using air-trapping membranes for fast and selective water purification

DT Nguyen, S Lee, KP Lopez, J Lee, AP Straub - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Membrane technologies that enable the efficient purification of impaired water sources are
needed to address growing water scarcity. However, state-of-the-art engineered membranes …

Water pumping effect over the organic ions defined graphene oxide membrane impulses high flux desalination

D Gong, X Liu, P Wu, Y Wang, B Guo, S Liu, H Chen… - npj Clean Water, 2022 - nature.com
Graphene oxide (GO) membranes have shown great potential in ionic sieving from aqueous
solutions. However, it remains challenging for GO membranes to exclude small ions with a …

Continuous water-water hydrogen bonding network across the rim of carbon nanotubes facilitating water transport for desalination

Y Hou, M Wang, X Chen, X Hou - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
The development of membranes featuring carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have provided
possibilities of next-generation solar desalination technologies. For solar desalination, the …

Capillary condensation in 8 nm deep channels

J Zhong, J Riordon, SH Zandavi, Y Xu… - The journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Condensation on the nanoscale is essential to understand many natural and synthetic
systems relevant to water, air, and energy. Despite its importance, the underlying physics of …

Self-assembled ultrathin film of CNC/PVA–liquid metal composite as a multifunctional Janus material

P Zhang, Q Wang, R Guo, M Zhang, S Wang, C Lu… - Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrathin flexible Janus membranes with asymmetric structure and anisotropic conductive
characteristics have attracted considerable attention due to their promising applications in …

Environment-friendly surface cleaning using micro-nano bubbles

N Jin, F Zhang, Y Cui, L Sun, H Gao, Z Pu, W Yang - Particuology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cleaning a surface using a solution containing a large number of micro to nano scale
bubbles has significant advantage regarding environmental protection. This review first …