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 …

The emerging high-efficiency membrane-based direct osmotic power generation (MDOPG)
technology can promisingly alleviate energy shortage and environmental pollution due to its …

Understanding the structure in the nanoscopic region of water that is in direct contact with
solid surfaces, so-called contact layer, is key to quantifying macroscopic properties that are …

Waste heat is the untapped heat produced by a thermodynamic process. It is usually
released into the surrounding environment without any valorization. But recently, industrial …

Thermo-osmotic and related thermophoretic phenomena can be found in many situations
from biology to colloid science, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely …

Osmotic transport in nanoconfined aqueous electrolytes provides alternative venues for
water desalination and “blue energy” harvesting. The osmotic response of nanofluidic …

We investigate the interfacial transport of water and hydrophobic solutes on van der Waals
bilayers and heterostructures formed by stacking graphene, hBN, and MoS2 using extensive …

Glucose is an important energy source in our bodies, and its consumption results in
gradients over length scales ranging from the subcellular to entire organs. Concentration …

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

In this paper, we explore various forms of osmotic transport in the regime of high solute
concentration. We consider both the osmosis across membranes and diffusio-osmosis at …