Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

Breakdown of the Nernst–Einstein relation in carbon nanotube porins

Z Li, RP Misra, Y Li, YC Yao, S Zhao, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
For over 100 years, the Nernst–Einstein relation has linked a charged particle's
electrophoretic mobility and diffusion coefficient. Here we report experimental …

Magnetic nanofluid flow and convective heat transfer in a porous cavity considering Brownian motion effects

M Sheikholeslami, HB Rokni - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In the present article, the improvement of nanofluid heat transfer inside a porous cavity by
means of a non-equilibrium model in the existence of Lorentz forces has been investigated …

A microfluidic rectifier for Newtonian fluids using asymmetric converging–diverging microchannels

R Tao, T Ng, Y Su, Z Li - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Flow rectification for Newtonian fluids remains challenging compared with that for non-
Newtonian fluids because the physical properties of Newtonian fluids are independent of the …

An investigation of the density of nano-confined subcritical/supercritical water

B Zhang, X Zhao, J Zhang, J Wang, H Jin - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In various applications such as supercritical water gasification, oil and gas production, and
energy harvesting and storage, subcritical/supercritical water is often confined within …

The rectification mechanism in polyelectrolyte gel diodes

K Nyamayaro, V Triandafilidi, P Keyvani, J Rottler… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Ionic driven devices have been increasingly investigated in the drive to develop flexible and
biointegrable electronics. One such device is a polyelectrolyte gel diode capable of …

Enhancing ion transport in nanofluidic systems through counter-charged nanochannels

L Zhou, D Shi, S Lin, Y Zhou, Z Li - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we propose a new strategy to enhance ion transport in nanofluidic systems
using counter-charged nanochannels, where half of the channels are positively changed …

Diffusion of LiCl electrolytes in 3D-nanoporous graphene structures

B Liu, L Zhou, Y Wang, S Zhuo, Y Zhou… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we investigate the diffusion of LiCl electrolytes in 3D-nanoporous graphene
structures (3D-NGSs) through molecular dynamics simulations. The diffusion coefficients, D …

Understanding flow enhancement in graphene‐coated nanochannels

Y Jin, R Tao, Z Li - Electrophoresis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we investigate pressure‐driven water flows in graphene‐coated copper
nanochannels through molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that the flow rate in bare …

The mass distribution and hydrogen bond characteristics of nano-confined supercritical water

B Zhang, T Zhang, X Li, J Zhang, H Jin - Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
In technologies such as supercritical water (SCW) gasification, SCW can infiltrate the
nanopores of materials, resulting in nano-confined SCW. The interaction between SCW and …