Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

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 …

The physical-chemistry of the graphene/aqueous–electrolyte interface underpins the
operational conditions of a wide range of devices. Despite its importance, this interface is …

Ions in ionic liquids and concentrated electrolytes reside in a crowded, strongly interacting
environment, leading to the formation of discrete layers of charges at interfaces and spin …

Using a framework of partial differential equation-constrained optimization, we demonstrate
that multiple constitutive relations can be extracted simultaneously from a small set of …

We have developed a molecular mean-field theory—fourth-order Poisson–Nernst–Planck–
Bikerman theory—for modeling ionic and water flows in biological ion channels by treating …

In this paper, we present a covariant approach that utilizes Noether's second theorem to
derive a symmetric stress tensor from the grand thermodynamic potential functional. We …

In this review, we shortly summarize the basic theoretical milestones achieved in the mean-
field theory of room temperature ionic liquids on charged electrodes since the publication of …

The electrostatic double layer force is key to determining the stability and self-assembly of
charged colloids and many other soft matter systems. Fully understanding the attractive force …

Water and other polar liquids exhibit nanoscale structuring near charged interfaces. When a
polar liquid is confined between two charged surfaces, the interfacial solvent layers begin to …