Water in nanopores and biological channels: a molecular simulation perspective

CI Lynch, S Rao, MSP Sansom - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This Review explores the dynamic behavior of water within nanopores and biological
channels in lipid bilayer membranes. We focus on molecular simulation studies, alongside …

Transport phenomena in nano/molecular confinements

M Nazari, A Davoodabadi, D Huang, T Luo… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The transport of fluid and ions in nano/molecular confinements is the governing physics of a
myriad of embodiments in nature and technology including human physiology, plants …

Water flow in single-wall nanotubes: Oxygen makes it slip, hydrogen makes it stick

FL Thiemann, C Schran, P Rowe, EA Müller… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Experimental measurements have reported ultrafast and radius-dependent water transport
in carbon nanotubes which are absent in boron nitride nanotubes. Despite considerable …

Molecular transport enhancement in pure metallic carbon nanotube porins

Y Li, Z Li, RP Misra, C Liang, AJ Gillen, S Zhao… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Nanofluidic channels impose extreme confinement on water and ions, giving rise to unusual
transport phenomena strongly dependent on the interactions at the channel–wall interface …

The microporous layer in proton exchange membrane fuel cells, from transport mechanism to structural design

N Wu, Y Liu, X Tian, F Liu, Y Ma, S Zhang… - Journal of Power …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a zero-carbon emission, high energy density, and sustainable sources of
energy, while the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells have the potential to …

Anomalous friction of confined water in carbon nanotubes

X Xu, Z Li, Y Zhang, C Wang, J Zhao, N Wei - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
The friction of water within a carbon nanotube (CNT) is influenced by the interplay between
energy barriers and water structure. In this work, we employ a series of regular polygonal …

Slip-Enhanced Transport by Graphene in the Microporous Layer for High Power Density Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Y Liu, N Wu, H Zeng, D Hou, S Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are a promising and environmentally friendly
device to directly convert hydrogen energy into electric energy. However, water flooding and …

A bibliometric study on biomimetic and bioinspired membranes for water filtration

G Goel, C Hélix-Nielsen, HM Upadhyaya, S Goel - NPJ Clean Water, 2021 - nature.com
Insights into the biological channels and synthetic pore-forming assemblies have elucidated
many fundamental aspects of selective water and solute transport over the last few decades …

The role of sorption-induced coal matrix shrinkage on permeability and stress evolutions under replicated in situ condition for CBM reservoirs

A Liu, S Liu, P Liu, S Harpalani - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Matrix shrinkage is a unique property of coal which dictates the sorption induced strain in the
constitutive relation. Both permeability and stress profiles are passively modified with …

Nanoconfinement effects on the Kapitza resistance at water–CNT interfaces

S Alosious, SK Kannam, SP Sathian, BD Todd - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The Kapitza resistance (R k) at the water–carbon nanotube (CNT) interface, with water on
the inside of the nanotube, was investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. We …