Interfaces govern the structure of angstrom-scale confined water solutions [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsNanoconfinement of aqueous electrolytes is ubiquitous in geological, biological, and technological contexts, including sedimentary rocks, water channel proteins, and applications like desalination and water purification membranes.
Yongkang Wang +8 more
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Nanoconfinement Engineering of Covalent Organic Frameworks in Polyamide Membranes for High‐Perselectivity Li+/Mg2+ Separation [PDF]
Advanced ScienceEfficiently separating Li+ over Mg2+ from brines remains a significant challenge due to their minimal size difference of only several angstroms, posing a substantial difficulty for traditional nanofiltration (NF) membranes.
Shuzhen Zhao +9 more
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Enantioselective synthesis of chiroplasmonic helicoidal nanoparticles by nanoconfinement in chiral dielectric shells [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsHelicoid metal nanoparticles with intrinsic chirality have unveiled tailorable properties and unlocked many chirality-related applications across various fields.
Xiaoxi Luan +10 more
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Light‐Gated Thermal Domains in Nano‐Lanterns: Confined Heat Hotspots Sparks Electron Localization for Water Purification [PDF]
Advanced SciencePeroxyacetic acid (PAA) oxidation technology receives widespread concerns for water purification with minimal secondary pollution. Conventional heat‐driven PAA activation generally wastes energy during solution heating.
Miao Fang +8 more
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Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2022 To overcome the bottleneck of aggregation of nanomaterials as the main obstacle for their application in water decontamination processes, it is a promising strategy to confine the nanoparticles inside the pores or channels of supporting substrates ...
Xuening Wang +3 more
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Challenges and opportunities from water under soft nanoconfinement
Frontiers in Soft Matter, 2023 Nanoconfined water differs significantly from bulk water and challenges our common understanding of liquid water in both its most fundamental features, as well as in many applied aspects which stem out from its peculiar behavior.
Raffaele Mezzenga, Raffaele Mezzenga
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Influence of Nanoconfinement on the Hydrogen Release Processes from Sodium Alanate
Reactions, 2021 Sodium alanate (NaAlH4) is a prospective H2 storage material for stationary and mobile applications, as NaAlH4 contains 7.4 wt% of H2, and it is possible to do multiple H2 release and accumulation cycles.
Kenneth Tuul, Rasmus Palm
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Nanoconfinement facilitates reactions of carbon dioxide in supercritical water
Nature Communications, 2022 Aqueous CO2 under nanoconfinement is of great importance to the carbon storage and transport in Earth. Here, the authors apply ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to study the effects of confinement and interfaces, and show that that CO(aq) reacts ...
Nore Stolte, Rui Hou, Ding Pan
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Investigating the Factors Affecting the Ionic Conduction in Nanoconfined NaBH4
Inorganics, 2021 Nanoconfinement is an effective strategy to tune the properties of the metal hydrides. It has been extensively employed to modify the ionic conductivity of LiBH4 as an electrolyte for Li-ion batteries. However, the approach does not seem to be applicable
Xiaoxuan Luo +2 more
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Deciphering the Reactive Pathways of Competitive Reactions inside Carbon Nanotubes
Nanomaterials, 2022 Nanoscale control of chemical reactivity, manipulation of reaction pathways, and ultimately driving the outcome of chemical reactions are quickly becoming reality. A variety of tools are concurring to establish such capability.
Tainah Dorina Marforio +5 more
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