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ReviewChemical reviews2023

Fluids and Electrolytes under Confinement in Single-Digit Nanopores.

Narayana R Aluru, Fikret Aydin, Martin Z Bazant, Daniel Blankschtein, Alexandra H Brozena, J Pedro de Souza, Menachem Elimelech, Samuel Faucher, John T Fourkas, Volodymyr B Koman and 21 more

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
19.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Narayana R AluruOden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712TexasUnited States.ORCID 0000-0002-9622-7837
Fikret AydinMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3237-8043
Martin Z BazantDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8200-4501
Daniel BlankschteinDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7836-415X
Alexandra H BrozenaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland20742, United States.
J Pedro de SouzaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3634-4991
Menachem ElimelechDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut06520-8286, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4186-1563
Samuel FaucherDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2562-1079
John T FourkasDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland20742, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4522-9584
Volodymyr B KomanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8480-4003
Matthias KuehneDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5096-7522
Heather J KulikDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9342-0191
Hao-Kun LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California94305, United States.
Yuhao LiMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1839-0900
Zhongwu LiMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.
Arun MajumdarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California94305, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4226-9705
Joel MartisDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California94305, United States.
Rahul Prasanna MisraDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5574-2384
Aleksandr NoyMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4924-2652
Tuan Anh PhamMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0025-7263
Haoran QuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland20742, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4536-6703
Archith RayabharamOden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712TexasUnited States.ORCID 0000-0003-0911-2319
Mark A ReedDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, 15 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut06520, United States.
Cody L RittDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut06520-8286, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3215-1685
Eric SchweglerMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.
Zuzanna SiwyDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine92697, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2626-7873
Michael S StranoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2944-808X
YuHuang WangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland20742, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5664-1849
Yun-Chiao YaoMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.
Cheng ZhanMaterials Science Division, Physical and Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California94550, United States.
Ze ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California94305, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3019-0138
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USLawrence Livermore National Laboratory · USStanford University · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USYale University · USWalker (United States) · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 natural systems and industrial applications. Existing theories often fail to predict the exotic effects observed in the narrowest of such pores, called single-digit nanopores (SDNs), which have diameters or conduit widths of less than 10 nm, and have only recently become accessible for experimental measurements. What SDNs reveal has been surprising, including a rapidly increasing number of examples such as extraordinarily fast water transport, distorted fluid-phase boundaries, strong ion-correlation and quantum effects, and dielectric anomalies that are not observed in larger pores. Exploiting these effects presents myriad opportunities in both basic and applied research that stand to impact a host of new technologies at the water-energy nexus, from new membranes for precise separations and water purification to new gas permeable materials for water electrolyzers and energy-storage devices. SDNs also present unique opportunities to achieve ultrasensitive and selective chemical sensing at the single-ion and single-molecule limit. In this review article, we summarize the progress on nanofluidics of SDNs, with a focus on the confinement effects that arise in these extremely narrow nanopores. The recent development of precision model systems, transformative experimental tools, and multiscale theories that have played enabling roles in advancing this frontier are reviewed. We also identify new knowledge gaps in our understanding of nanofluidic transport and provide an outlook for the future challenges and opportunities at this rapidly advancing frontier.

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PMID36898130
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