Water in nanopores and biological channels: a molecular simulation perspective

CI Lynch, S Rao, MSP Sansom - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This Review explores the dynamic behavior of water within nanopores and biological
channels in lipid bilayer membranes. We focus on molecular simulation studies, alongside …

Lipid nanotechnology

S Mashaghi, T Jadidi, G Koenderink… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that covers a vast and diverse array of devices
and machines derived from engineering, physics, materials science, chemistry and biology …

Nonthermal and reversible control of neuronal signaling and behavior by midinfrared stimulation

X Liu, Z Qiao, Y Chai, Z Zhu, K Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Various neuromodulation approaches have been employed to alter neuronal spiking activity
and thus regulate brain functions and alleviate neurological disorders. Infrared neural …

Capacitive and non-capacitive faradaic charge storage

L Guan, L Yu, GZ Chen - Electrochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
This article aims to offer a critical overview of selected literature on capacitive and non-
capacitive faradaic charge storage. It is particularly relevant to the concept of …

Bioinspired Graphene Nanopores with Voltage-Tunable Ion Selectivity for Na+ and K+

Z He, J Zhou, X Lu, B Corry - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
Biological protein channels have many remarkable properties such as gating, high
permeability, and selectivity, which have motivated researchers to mimic their functions for …

Highly permeable artificial water channels that can self-assemble into two-dimensional arrays

Y Shen, W Si, M Erbakan, K Decker… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Bioinspired artificial water channels aim to combine the high permeability and selectivity of
biological aquaporin (AQP) water channels with chemical stability. Here, we carefully …

A snapshot of microfluidics in point‐of‐care diagnostics: multifaceted integrity with materials and sensors

GA Akceoglu, Y Saylan, F Inci - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over four decades, point‐of‐care (POC) technologies and their pivotal applications in the
biomedical arena have increased irrepressibly and allowed to realize the potential of …

Ion enrichment on the hydrophobic carbon-based surface in aqueous salt solutions due to cation-π interactions

G Shi, J Liu, C Wang, B Song, Y Tu, J Hu, H Fang - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
By incorporating cation-π interactions to classic all-atoms force fields, we show that there is
a clear enrichment of Na+ on a carbon-based π electron-rich surface in NaCl solutions using …

Next-generation nanoporous materials: progress and prospects for reverse osmosis and nanofiltration

DM Stevens, JY Shu, M Reichert… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration are highly adopted, growing technologies that are used
to remove salts and other small molecules in water treatment. Both of these technologies …

Blockage of water flow in carbon nanotubes by ions due to interactions between cations and aromatic rings

J Liu, G Shi, P Guo, J Yang, H Fang - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Combining classical molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory
calculations, we find that cations block water flow through narrow (6, 6)-type carbon …