The osmotic pressure difference between river water and seawater is a promising source of
renewable energy. However, current osmotic energy conversion processes show limited …

Bioinspired smart asymmetric nanochannel membranes (BSANM) have been explored
extensively to achieve the delicate ionic transport functions comparable to those of living …

Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …

Nonporous materials have nano-sized pores. High specific surface area and size and shape
selectivity (size and shape Selectivity) are the most important features of these materials that …

The human brain completes intelligent behaviors such as the generation, transmission, and
storage of neural signals by regulating the ionic conductivity of ion channels in neuron cells …

Nature provides a huge range of biological materials, just as ion channels, with various
smart functions over millions of years of evolution, and which serve as a big source of bio …

The transport of fluid in and around nanometer-sized objects with at least one characteristic
dimension below 100 nm enables the occurrence of phenomena that are impossible at …

In nanopore analytics, individual molecules pass through a single nanopore giving rise to
detectable temporary blockades in ionic pore current. Reflecting its simplicity, nanopore …

Biological ion channels intelligently controlling ions across cell membranes serve as a big
source of bio-inspiration for the scientists to build bio-inspired smart solid-state nanopores …

Solid‐state nanopores are fascinating objects that enable the development of specific and
efficient chemical and biological sensors, as well as the investigation of the physicochemical …