Inspired by the biological processes of molecular recognition and transportation across
membranes, nanopore techniques have evolved in recent decades as ultrasensitive …

The bottom-up assembly of biological and chemical components opens exciting
opportunities to engineer artificial vesicular systems for applications with previously unmet …

The physicochemical nature of DNA allows the assembly of highly predictable structures via
several fabrication strategies, which have been applied to make breakthroughs in various …

Two-dimensional nanofluidic channels are emerging candidates for capturing osmotic
energy from salinity gradients. However, present two-dimensional nanofluidic architectures …

Over the past decade, we have seen rapid advances in applying nanotechnology in
biomedical areas including bioimaging, biodetection, and drug delivery. As an emerging …

DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

Bioinspired smart asymmetric nanochannel membranes (BSANM) have been explored
extensively to achieve the delicate ionic transport functions comparable to those of living …

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 …

Scope of the Review. Herein, we provide an up-to-date overview of the field of nanopore
sensing with emphases placed on the advances made in the most recent two years (2014 …

The osmotic energy existing in fluids is recognized as a promising “blue” energy source that
can help solve the global issues of energy shortage and environmental pollution. Recently …