Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

Fine-tuned ion transport across nanoscale pores is key to many biological processes,
including neurotransmission. Recent advances have enabled the confinement of water and …

Mass transport at the sub-nanometre scale, including selective transport of gases, liquids
and ions, plays a key role in systems such as catalysis, energy generation and storage …

Progress in heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is hampered by several
issues including mass transfer limitation, limited diffusion of short-lived reactive oxygen …

Water in nanoscale cavities is ubiquitous and of central importance to everyday phenomena
in geology and biology. However, the properties of nanoscale water can be substantially …

Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

Synthetic membranes with pores at the subnanometre scale are at the core of processes for
separating solutes from water, such as water purification and desalination. While these …

Pervaporation is a molecular separation membrane technology for selective permeation of
water or organic compounds from organic-water mixtures or organic-organic mixtures. The …

Nanofluidics has firmly established itself as a new field in fluid mechanics, as novel
properties have been shown to emerge in fluids at the nanometric scale. Thanks to recent …