Desalination is the process of making the saltwater of the Earth's oceans drinkable and
could be a solution to droughts, especially in warmer and drier regions. However, the …

Reverse osmosis is the leading technology for desalination of brackish water and seawater,
important for solving the growing problems of fresh water supply. Thermal technologies such …

In this work, based upon molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, two kinds of nanopores with
different pore sizes and functional groups were constructed to study the directional transport …

Inorganic 2D materials offer a new approach to controlling mass diffusion at the nanoscale.
Controlling ion transport in nanofluidics is key to energy conversion, energy storage, water …

Water–ion interaction in a nanoconfined environment that deeply constrains spatial
freedoms of local atomistic motion with unconventional coupling mechanisms beyond that in …

Artificial ion-exchange and other charged membranes, such as biomembranes, are self-
organizing nanomaterials built from macromolecules. The interactions of fragments of …

Desalination holds a great promise for dealing with the global water shortage. Water
treatment by nanofiltration technology has been received extensive attention in recent years …

Inspired by the high water permeability and excellent salt rejection of hourglass-shape
aquaporin channels, asymmetric channels have attracted increasing attention in recent …

The scarcity of freshwater resources is a major global challenge causedby population and
economic growth. Water desalination using a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane is a …

Confining liquid in a hydrophobic nanoenvironment has enabled a broad spectrum of
applications in biomedical sensors, mechanical actuators, and energy storage and …