We present an overview of the studies of ion pairing in aqueous media of the past decade. In
these studies, interactions between ions, and between ions and water, are investigated with …

Classical atomistic simulations, also known as molecular mechanics simulations, use simple
potential-energy functions to model molecular systems at the atomic level. In this …

Biological protein channels have many remarkable properties such as gating, high
permeability, and selectivity, which have motivated researchers to mimic their functions for …

Membrane ion channels are the fundamental electrical components in the nervous system.
Recent developments in X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM microscopy have revealed what …

The effectiveness of water flooding oil recovery depends to an important extent on the
competitive wetting of oil and water on the solid rock matrix. Here, we use macroscopic …

There is significant interest in high-performance positively charged membranes that enable
the fast and high-precision separation of various cationic substances for purifying water and …

Uranium is a toxic and pervasive geogenic contaminant often associated with organic
matter. Its abundance and speciation in organic-rich permafrost soils are unknown, thereby …

Increased extracellular proton concentrations during neurotransmission are converted to
excitatory sodium influx by acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs). 10-fold sodium/potassium …

Waterflooding has been widely adopted as an improved oil recovery technique since water
is, in general, inexpensive and readily available. More recently, low salinity waterflooding …

Specific ion binding by carboxylates (− COO–) is a broadly important topic because− COO–
is one of the most common functional groups coordinated to metal ions in metalloproteins …