Spatial confinement in nanoporous media affects the structure, thermodynamics and mobility
of molecular soft matter often markedly. This article reviews thermodynamic equilibrium …

The shale boom in North America started more than a decade ago, however, the issue of
substantial fracturing fluid loss inside shale did not draw much attention for a decade. In the …

In this paper, we compare the surface area, porosity and other physical–structural properties
of four bituminous coals from three different coal fields of South Africa determined using …

Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces Comprehensive textbook on the interdisciplinary field of
interface science, fully updated with new content on wetting, spectroscopy, and coatings …

We develop a unified and generally applicable theory of solvation of small and large apolar
species in water. In the former, hydrogen bonding of water is hindered yet persists near the …

We review the current state of knowledge of phase separation and phase equilibria in
porous materials. Our emphasis is on fundamental studies of simple fluids (composed of …

In this tutorial review, we discuss the use of classical density functional theory (DFT) to
understand adsorption/desorption hysteresis phenomena for fluids confined in mesoporous …

As their name indicates, liquid crystals simultaneously exhibit some characteristics common
to both ordinary isotropic liquids and solid crystals. This ambivalence is also found in the …

A review of experimental work on freezing and melting in confinement is presented. A range
of systems, from metal oxide gels to porous glasses to novel nanoporous materials, is …

Several mechanisms can extend the equilibrium domain of a liquid phase into the solid
region of the normal phase diagram. The causes of premelting, which include surface …