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 …

Osmosis is a universal phenomenon occurring in a broad variety of processes and fields. It
is the archetype of entropic forces, both trivial in its fundamental expression–the van't Hoff …

Desalination technologies using salt-rejecting membranes are a highly efficient tool to
provide fresh water and augment existing water supplies. In recent years, numerous studies …

Nanofluidic systems show great promise for applications in energy conversion, where their
performance can be enhanced by nanoscale liquid-solid slip. However, efficiency is also …

Nanoconfined fluids (NCFs), which are confined in nanospaces, exhibit distinctive
nanoscale effects, including surface effects, small-size effects, quantum effects, and others …

Ion channels transduce external stimuli into ion-transport-mediated signaling, which has
received considerable attention in diverse fields such as sensors, energy harvesting …

Reliable prediction of gas recovery from shale formations is essential for achieving the full
potential of shale gas. A distinguishing feature of shales is that nanoscale pores dominate …

ζ-Potential (ZP) is among key physical properties characterizing the behavior of
nanoparticles in colloidal solutions. Despite many attempts to calculate and neatly interpret …

The slip boundary condition for nanoflows is a key component of nanohydrodynamics
theory, and can play a significant role in the design and fabrication of nanofluidic devices. In …

Surface charge controls many static and dynamic properties of soft matter and
micro/nanofluidic systems, but its unambiguous measurement forms a challenge. Standard …