Transport properties of nano-confined fluids present distinctive characteristics comparing to
the bulk fluids owing to the confinements and the additional fluid-solid interactions. Here, the …

The Young–Laplace equation is central to the thermodynamic description of liquids with
highly curved interfaces, eg, nanoscale droplets and their inverse, nanoscale bubbles. The …

We report the use of highly porous Janus membranes with unparalleled forward osmosis
(FO) performance in terms of water flux and reverse salt flux. A porous Janus FO membrane …

The nanofluidic ionic signal is governed by the interactions between ion species and the
surface charge, surface wettability, and pore diameter of nanofluidic membranes. However …

Molecular dynamics simulations are conducted to investigate the initial stages of
spontaneous imbibition of water in slit silica nanochannels surrounded by air. An analysis is …

Thermo-osmosis driven by temperature gradients generally requires two liquid reservoirs at
different temperatures connected by porous bodies or capillaries. We demonstrate, by …

An accurate mechanistic understanding of solute diffusion in partially saturated clays is
critical for assessing the safety of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste. In this …

Water-repellent, rough surfaces have a remarkable and beneficial wetting property: when a
water droplet comes in contact with a small fraction of the solid, both liquid–solid adhesion …

We investigated the evaporation and condensation coefficients of vapor, which represent
evaporation and condensation rates of vapor molecules, under high gas pressure (high gas …

Pressure-driven distillation (PD) is a novel desalination technology based on hydraulic
pressure driving force and vapor transport across a hydrophobic porous membrane. In …