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

Ionic liquids are emerging as important materials for applications in electrochemical devices,
green chemistry etc. For device applications, ionic liquids are generally, either incorporated …

It has long been an aspirational goal to create artificial structures that allow fast permeation
of water but reject even the smallest hydrated ions, replicating the feat achieved by nature in …

Proton transport in nanochannels under humid conditions is crucial for the application in
energy storage and conversion. However, existing materials, including Nafion, suffer from …

This review presents the state of the art of molecular simulation and theory of adsorption,
intrusion and freezing in porous silica. Both silica pores of a simple geometry and …

Hydrogen bonding interactions play an important role in many chemical and physical
processes occurring in bulk liquids and at interfaces. In this study, hydrous species (H2O …

We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the coexistence between confined ice
and liquid water as a function of temperature for a series of cylindrical nanopores with water …

The temperature dependence of the structure of water confined in hydrophilic
mesostructured porous silica (MCM-41) and hydrophobic benzene-bridged periodic …

We confine water to narrow silica pores, where crystallization is suppressed, and determine
the dynamical susceptibilities of the liquid from room temperature down to the glass …

2H NMR reveals two dynamic crossovers of supercooled water in nanoscopic (∼ 2 nm)
confinement. At∼ 225 K, a dynamic crossover of liquid water is accompanied by formation of …