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 …

Cells release nanometer-scale, lipid bilayer-enclosed biomolecular packages (extracellular
vesicles; EVs) into their surrounding environment. EVs are hypothesized to be intercellular …

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

Ion, particle, and fluid transport in nanofluidic devices has received considerable attention
over the past two decades due to unique transport properties exhibited at the nanoscale. 1 …

Innovations in nanotechnology have brought tremendous opportunities for the advancement
of many research frontiers, ranging from electronics, photonics, energy, to medicine. To …

Nanoparticle surface charge density plays an important role in many applications, such as
drug delivery and cellular uptake. In this study, surface charge properties of silica …

Nanopore technology holds great promise for a wide range of applications such as
biomedical sensing, chemical detection, desalination, and energy conversion. For sensing …

Nucleic acid detection methods are crucial for many fields such as pathogen detection and
genotyping. Solid-state nanopore sensors represent a promising platform for nucleic acid …

A higher rectification degree in ionic diodes is required to achieve better performance in
applications. Nonetheless, the active geometrical change that is critical for inducing …

As nanometer-scale portals in biological membranes, protein ionic channels act as
gatekeepers, controlling the traffic of ions and macromolecules into and out of cells …