Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …

Nanoconfinement-mediated water treatment: from fundamental to application

J Qian, X Gao, B Pan - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Safe and clean water is of pivotal importance to all living species and the ecosystem on
earth. However, the accelerating economy and industrialization of mankind generate water …

Water in nanopores and biological channels: a molecular simulation perspective

CI Lynch, S Rao, MSP Sansom - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This Review explores the dynamic behavior of water within nanopores and biological
channels in lipid bilayer membranes. We focus on molecular simulation studies, alongside …

Spatial confinement: A green pathway to promote the oxidation processes for organic pollutants removal from water

H Yi, E Almatrafi, D Ma, X Huo, L Qin, L Li, X Zhou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic pollutants removal from water is pressing owing to the great demand for clean
water. Oxidation processes (OPs) are the commonly used method. However, the efficiency of …

Observation of extreme phase transition temperatures of water confined inside isolated carbon nanotubes

KV Agrawal, S Shimizu, LW Drahushuk… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Fluid phase transitions inside single, isolated carbon nanotubes are predicted to deviate
substantially from classical thermodynamics. This behaviour enables the study of ice …

Confined water: structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics

S Chakraborty, H Kumar, C Dasgupta… - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Understanding the properties of strongly confined water is important for a
variety of applications such as fast flow and desalination devices, voltage generation, flow …

Ultra-Fast Proton Transport in Sub-1-nm Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins

R Tunuguntla, F Allen, K Kim, A Belliveau, A Noy - Biophysical Journal, 2016 - cell.com
Proton transport plays a key role in many biological processes due to the proton's ability to
rapidly translocate along the chains of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. Molecular …

Wettability and applications of nanochannels

X Zhang, H Liu, L Jiang - Advanced materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wettability in nanochannels is of great importance for understanding many challenging
problems in interface chemistry and fluid mechanics, and presents versatile applications …

Carbon nanomaterials for advancing separation membranes: A strategic perspective

K Goh, HE Karahan, L Wei, TH Bae, AG Fane, R Wang… - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
An emerging class of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), in particular graphene-based materials
and carbon nanotubes, has been extensively studied for its extraordinary water transport …

Water transport inside carbon nanotubes mediated by phonon-induced oscillating friction

M Ma, F Grey, L Shen, M Urbakh, S Wu, JZ Liu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The emergence of the field of nanofluidics in the last decade has led to the development of
important applications including water desalination, ultrafiltration and osmotic energy …