Polyelectrolyte (PE) brushes are a special class of polymer brushes (PBs) containing
charges. Polymer chains attain “brush”-like configuration when they are grafted or get …

The structure and thermodynamic state of a system changes under the influence of external
electric fields. Neutral systems are characterized by their dielectric constant ε, while charged …

“Smart” polyelectrolyte-grafted or “soft” nanochannels with pH-responsiveness have shown
great promise for applications like manipulation of ion transport, ion sensing and selection …

We establish that nanochannels grafted with pH-responsive, end-charged polyelectrolyte
(PE) brushes demonstrate a massive augmentation in the strength of the electroosmotic …

We develop a theory to study the generation of the streaming potential and the resulting
electrochemomechanical energy conversion (ECMEC) in the presence of pressure-driven …

Responsive polymer brushes possess many interesting properties that enable them to
control a range of important interfacial behaviours, including adhesion, wettability, surface …

A mean-field model is developed to predict the layer-thickness of sparse and salt-free
polyelectrolyte brushes, exposed to an external electric field, which attracts the …

In this paper, we develop a theory to study the imposed axial salt-concentration-gradient-
driven ionic diffusioosmosis (IDO) in soft nanochannels or nanochannels grafted with end …

In this article, we model the structure and configuration of the end-charged polyelectrolyte
(PE) brushes grafted on the inner walls of a nanochannel. When the confinement effect is …

We present a theory to compute the electric-double-layer (EDL) mediated per unit area
interaction force, or the osmotic pressure, between two soft charged plates separated by a …