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

Biomimetic and bio‐inspired membranes draw great attention and generate extensive efforts
to solve environmental, health, and energy issues. In this field, track‐etched membranes …

We report artificial nanopores in the form of quartz nanopipettes with ca. 10 nm orifices
functionalized with molecular recognition elements termed aptamers that reversibly …

Angstrom-scale fluidic channels are ubiquitous in nature and play an important role in
regulating cellular traffic, signaling, and responding to stimuli. Synthetic angstrom channels …

Nanopores that exhibit ionic current rectification (ICR) behave like diodes such that they
transport ions more efficiently in one direction than in the other. Conical nanopores have …

The influence of the temperature-and concentration-dependent properties, derived from the
gradients of temperature and concentration, on the ionic selectivity, ionic current rectification …

Because of their asymmetry, conical nanochannels/nanopores exhibit various attractive
electrokinetic features, including ion selectivity, ionic concentration polarization, and ionic …

Advances in nanofabrication and materials science give a boost to the research in
nanofluidic energy harvesting. Contrary to previous efforts on isothermal conditions, here a …

We theoretically investigate the feasibility of enhancing the reverse electrodialysis power
generation in nanochannels by covering the surface with a polyelectrolyte layer (PEL) …

Using both analytic and numerical analyses of the Poisson–Nernst–Planck equations, we
theoretically investigate the electric conductivity of a conical channel which, in accordance …