Membrane wetting and fouling issues are two major obstacles which hinder the practical
application of membrane distillation (MD). In this study, a sequential electrospray method …

CO 2 huff-n-puff is growing as a promising technique for boosting production efficiency in
tight reservoirs while simultaneously minimizing the carbon footprint of hydrocarbon …

Evaporation from nanopores is of fundamental interest in nature and various industrial
applications. We present a theoretical framework to elucidate evaporation and transport …

Omniphobic surfaces, that is, which repel all known liquids, have proven of value in
applications ranging from membrane distillation to underwater drag reduction. A limitation of …

Conspectus Nanofluidics is the study of fluids under nanoscale confinement, where small-
scale effects dictate fluid physics and continuum assumptions are no longer fully valid. At …

More than two billion people live in areas affected by water stress. In some coastal regions,
freshwater supply has been progressively improved by large-scale desalination systems …

Artificial liquid-repellent surfaces inspired by biomimetic structures provide a wide range of
functional surfaces for various practical applications, such as self-cleaning, antisticking …

The performance and lifetime of advanced electronics are often dictated by the ability to
dissipate heat generated within the device. Thin film evaporation from nanoporous …

The first use of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to produce Janus membranes is reported, with
an example system consisting of a compositional gradient ranging from hydrophilic Al2O3 …

Hypothesis Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) processes exploit water-repellant
membranes to desalt warm seawaters by allowing only water vapor to transport across …