Towards an understanding of induced-charge electrokinetics at large applied voltages in concentrated solutions

MZ Bazant, MS Kilic, BD Storey, A Ajdari - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2009 - Elsevier
The venerable theory of electrokinetic phenomena rests on the hypothesis of a dilute
solution of point-like ions in quasi-equilibrium with a weakly charged surface, whose …

Nanoscale electrokinetics and microvortices: How microhydrodynamics affects nanofluidic ion flux

HC Chang, G Yossifon… - Annual review of fluid …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
When a direct current (DC) electric field is applied across an ion-selective nanoporous
membrane or a nanochannel with an overlapping Debye layer, a surprising microvortex …

Rectification of concentration polarization in mesopores leads to high conductance ionic diodes and high performance osmotic power

CY Lin, C Combs, YS Su, LH Yeh… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanopores exhibit a set of interesting transport properties that stem from interactions of the
passing ions and molecules with the pore walls. Nanopores are used, for example, as ionic …

Scalable graphene-based membranes for ionic sieving with ultrahigh charge selectivity

S Hong, C Constans, MV Surmani Martins, YC Seow… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured graphene-oxide (GO) laminate membranes, exhibiting ultrahigh water flux,
are excellent candidates for next generation nanofiltration and desalination membranes …

Understanding the giant gap between single‐pore‐and membrane‐based nanofluidic osmotic power generators

J Gao, X Liu, Y Jiang, L Ding, L Jiang, W Guo - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nanofluidic blue energy harvesting attracts great interest due to its high power density and
easy‐to‐implement nature. Proof‐of‐concept studies on single‐pore platforms show that the …

Direct numerical simulation of electroconvective instability and hydrodynamic chaos near an ion-selective surface

CL Druzgalski, MB Andersen, A Mani - Physics of Fluids, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We present a comprehensive analysis of transport processes associated with
electrohydrodynamic chaos in electrokinetic systems containing an ion-selective surface …

On-chip surface acoustic wave lysis and ion-exchange nanomembrane detection of exosomal RNA for pancreatic cancer study and diagnosis

D Taller, K Richards, Z Slouka, S Senapati, R Hill… - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
There has been increasing evidence that micro and messenger RNA derived from
exosomes play important roles in pancreatic and other cancers. In this work, a microfluidics …

pH-regulated ionic conductance in a nanochannel with overlapped electric double layers

Y Ma, LH Yeh, CY Lin, L Mei, S Qian - Analytical chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Accurately and rapidly analyzing the ionic current/conductance in a nanochannel, especially
under the condition of overlapped electric double layers (EDLs), is of fundamental …

Ionic amplifying circuits inspired by electronics and biology

RA Lucas, CY Lin, LA Baker, ZS Siwy - Biophysical Journal, 2020 - cell.com
Biological ion channels are a fundamental component of all cells and enable an immense
amount of processes which are essential for life. Some of these channels possess inherently …

Microfluidic systems with ion-selective membranes

Z Slouka, S Senapati, HC Chang - Annual Review of Analytical …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
When integrated into microfluidic chips, ion-selective nanoporous polymer and solid-state
membranes can be used for on-chip pumping, pH actuation, analyte concentration …