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 …

Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Design principles of ion selective nanostructured membranes for the extraction of lithium ions

A Razmjou, M Asadnia, E Hosseini… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
It is predicted that the continuously increasing demand for the energy-critical element of
lithium will soon exceed its availability, rendering it a geopolitically significant resource. The …

3D spatiotemporally scalable in vivo neural probes based on fluorinated elastomers

P Le Floch, S Zhao, R Liu, N Molinari, E Medina… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Electronic devices for recording neural activity in the nervous system need to be scalable
across large spatial and temporal scales while also providing millisecond and single-cell …

Membrane materials for selective ion separations at the water–energy nexus

RM DuChanois, CJ Porter, C Violet… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic polymer membranes are enabling components in key technologies at the water–
energy nexus, including desalination and energy conversion, because of their high …

Selective membranes in water and wastewater treatment: Role of advanced materials

K Zuo, K Wang, RM DuChanois, Q Fang, EM Deemer… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane separation has enjoyed tremendous advances in relevant material and
engineering sciences, making it the fastest growing technology in water treatment. Although …

Selectivity of ion exchange membranes: A review

T Luo, S Abdu, M Wessling - Journal of membrane science, 2018 - Elsevier
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) have been established as a key component in industrial
water desalination and electrolysis processes. Thus, nowadays, they are being studied and …

Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity

HB Park, J Kamcev, LM Robeson, M Elimelech… - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Synthetic membranes are used for desalination, dialysis, sterile filtration,
food processing, dehydration of air and other industrial, medical, and environmental …

Recent advances in high-performance TFC membranes: A review of the functional interlayers

C Ji, Z Zhai, C Jiang, P Hu, S Zhao, S Xue, Z Yang… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of interfacial polymerization (IP) technique has revolutionarily changed
our methods for water treatment and desalination. Over decades, researchers have devoted …

Continuum modeling of porous electrodes for electrochemical synthesis

JC Bui, EW Lees, LM Pant, IV Zenyuk, AT Bell… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical synthesis possesses substantial promise to utilize renewable energy
sources to power the conversion of abundant feedstocks to value-added commodity …