Nanofluidics

T Emmerich, N Ronceray, KV Agrawal… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Fluid transport at the nanoscale is ubiquitous in nature. However, rigorous study of fluid flow
and structure in artificial nanopores only emerged relatively recently. Termed nanofluidics …

Quantum feedback at the solid-liquid interface: Flow-induced electronic current and its negative contribution to friction

B Coquinot, L Bocquet, N Kavokine - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
An electronic current driven through a conductor can induce a current in another conductor
through the famous Coulomb drag effect. Similar phenomena have been reported at the …

[HTML][HTML] Formation and control of oxidation byproducts in electrochemical wastewater treatment: A review

K Yang, Z He - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrochemical oxidation (EO) is an emerging technology for treating recalcitrant
wastewater owing to its high efficiency and mild operational conditions. However, the …

Anomalous friction of supercooled glycerol on mica

M Lizée, B Coquinot, G Mariette, A Siria… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although friction of liquids on solid surfaces is traditionally linked to wettability, recent works
have unveiled the role of the solid's internal excitations on interfacial dissipation. In order to …

Gate-controlled suppression of light-driven proton transport through graphene electrodes

S Huang, E Griffin, J Cai, B Xin, J Tong, Y Fu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent experiments demonstrated that proton transport through graphene electrodes can be
accelerated by over an order of magnitude with low intensity illumination. Here we show that …

Fluorescence changes in carbon nanotube sensors correlate with THz absorption of hydration

SS Nalige, P Galonska, P Kelich, L Sistemich… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) functionalized with (bio-) polymers such as DNA
are soluble in water and sense analytes by analyte-specific changes of their intrinsic …

Formation of oxidation byproducts during electrochemical treatment of simulated produced water

K Yang, IM Abu-Reesh, Z He - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrochemical oxidation (EO) can effectively remove recalcitrant organic contaminants
from produced water (PW) but the formation of toxic oxidation byproducts (OBPs) is an …

Collective modes and quantum effects in two-dimensional nanofluidic channels

B Coquinot, M Becker, RR Netz, L Bocquet… - Faraday …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoscale fluid transport is typically pictured in terms of atomic-scale dynamics, as is natural
in the real-space framework of molecular simulations. An alternative Fourier-space picture …

A nanofluidic chemoelectrical generator with enhanced energy harvesting by ion-electron Coulomb drag

Y Jiang, W Liu, T Wang, Y Wu, T Mei, L Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A sufficiently high current output of nano energy harvesting devices is highly desired in
practical applications, while still a challenge. Theoretical evidence has demonstrated that …

Hydroelectric energy conversion of waste flows through hydroelectronic drag

B Coquinot, L Bocquet, N Kavokine - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
Hydraulic energy is a key component of the global energy mix, yet there exists no practical
way of harvesting it at small scales, from flows with low Reynolds number. This has triggered …