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 …

BACKGROUND Interactions between inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are central to a wide
spectrum of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena. An understanding of these …

Not all nanopores are created equal. By definition, nanopores have characteristic diameters
or conduit widths between∼ 1 and 100 nm. However, the narrowest of such pores, perhaps …

Our understanding of the “long range” electrodynamic, electrostatic, and polar interactions
that dominate the organization of small objects at separations beyond an interatomic bond …

Soft matter materials, such as polymers, membranes, proteins, are often electrically charged.
This makes them water soluble, which is of great importance in technological application …

Cement is the most produced material in the world. A major player in greenhouse gas
emissions, it is the main binding agent in concrete, providing a cohesive strength that rapidly …

We present a personal view on the current state of statistical mechanics of Coulomb fluids
with special emphasis on the interactions between macromolecular surfaces, concentrating …

Soft condensed matter physics, which emerged as a distinct branch of physics in the 1990s,
studies complex fluids: liquids in which structures with length scale between the molecular …

A broad range of manufactured products and biological fluids are colloids. The ability to
understand and control the processes (of scientific, technological and industrial interest) in …

Charged soft-matter systems—such as colloidal dispersions and charged polymers—are
dominated by attractive forces between constituent like-charged particles when neutralizing …