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 …

A Review of Scalable Hexagonal Boron Nitride (h‐BN) Synthesis for Present and Future Applications

AE Naclerio, PR Kidambi - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) is a layered inorganic synthetic crystal exhibiting high
temperature stability and high thermal conductivity. As a ceramic material it has been widely …

Green hydrogen: A pathway to a sustainable energy future

Q Hassan, S Algburi, AZ Sameen, HM Salman… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of sustainable energy sources has become a major challenge for society.
Green hydrogen, produced through the electrolysis of water using renewable energy …

Angstrom-scale ion channels towards single-ion selectivity

H Zhang, X Li, J Hou, L Jiang, H Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

Artificial channels for confined mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale

J Shen, G Liu, Y Han, W Jin - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale, including selective transport of gases, liquids
and ions, plays a key role in systems such as catalysis, energy generation and storage …

Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets: preparation, heat transport property and application as thermally conductive fillers

L An, Y Yu, Q Cai, S Mateti, LH Li, YI Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The urgent need for ultrahigh thermally conductive materials to keep up with the rapid
development of the electronics industry has led to the exploration of hexagonal boron nitride …

[HTML][HTML] Short hydrogen-bond network confined on COF surfaces enables ultrahigh proton conductivity

B Shi, X Pang, S Li, H Wu, J Shen, X Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The idea of spatial confinement has gained widespread interest in myriad applications.
Especially, the confined short hydrogen-bond (SHB) network could afford an attractive …

Photonics with hexagonal boron nitride

JD Caldwell, I Aharonovich, G Cassabois… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
For more than seven decades, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has been employed as an
inert, thermally stable engineering ceramic; since 2010, it has also been used as the optimal …

Ultrathin membranes for separations: a new era driven by advanced nanotechnology

S Zhang, L Shen, H Deng, Q Liu, X You… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrathin membranes are at the forefront of membrane research, offering great opportunities
in revolutionizing separations with ultrafast transport. Driven by advanced nanomaterials …

Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal–graphene interfaces

T Kosmala, A Baby, M Lunardon, D Perilli, H Liu… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The development of catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction is pivotal for the hydrogen
economy. Thin iron films covered with monolayer graphene exhibit outstanding catalytic …