Nanofluidics in two-dimensional layered materials: inspirations from nature
With the advance of chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology, significant progress has been achieved in the design and application of synthetic nanofluidic devices and materials, mimicking the gating, rectifying, and adaptive functions of biological ion channels. Fundamental physics and chem...
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 46; no. 17; pp. 54 - 5424 |
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| Main Authors | , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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29.08.2017
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| Summary: | With the advance of chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology, significant progress has been achieved in the design and application of synthetic nanofluidic devices and materials, mimicking the gating, rectifying, and adaptive functions of biological ion channels. Fundamental physics and chemistry behind these novel transport phenomena on the nanoscale have been explored in depth on single-pore platforms. However, toward real-world applications, one major challenge is to extrapolate these single-pore devices into macroscopic materials. Recently, inspired partially by the layered microstructure of nacre, the material design and large-scale integration of artificial nanofluidic devices have stepped into a completely new stage, termed 2D nanofluidics. Unique advantages of the 2D layered materials have been found, such as facile and scalable fabrication, high flux, efficient chemical modification, tunable channel size,
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These features enable wide applications in, for example, biomimetic ion transport manipulation, molecular sieving, water treatment, and nanofluidic energy conversion and storage. This review highlights the recent progress, current challenges, and future perspectives in this emerging research field of "2D nanofluidics", with emphasis on the thought of bio-inspiration.
This review highlights the recent progress, current challenges, and future perspectives in the design and application of 2D layered materials for nanofluidic research, with emphasis on the thought of bio-inspiration. |
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| Bibliography: | Jun Gao is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Physics of Complex Fluids group, University of Twente, Netherlands, with Prof. Frieder Mugele. He received his bachelor's degree in Physics from Shandong University in 2009 and PhD from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Lei Jiang and Prof. Wei Guo. Afterwards, he joined the research group of Prof. Jiaxing Huang as a postdoctoral researcher in Northwestern University, USA. His research interest includes bio-inspired interface with special wettability, microfluidics, and nanofluidics. Yaping Feng is currently a master degree student at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Wei Guo. She received her bachelor's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Zhengzhou University in 2015. Her research interests include fabrication of ion-channel-mimetic nanofluidic devices for energy and environmental related applications. Lei Jiang is a professor at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (TIPCCAS) and Beihang University. He is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, and National Academy of Engineering, USA. He received his bachelor's and master's degree from Jilin University, and PhD from the University of Tokyo. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Akira Fujishima and then as a senior researcher in the Kanagawa Academy of Sciences and Technology with Prof. Kazuhito Hashimoto. In 1999, he joined the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as part of the Hundred Talents Program. In 2015, he and his group moved to TIPCCAS. His scientific interests focus on bio-inspired, smart, multi-scale interfacial materials with superwettability. Wei Guo is a professor at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (TIPCCAS). He received his PhD in Physics from Peking University in 2009. Afterwards, he started his scientific career in the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as an assistant professor and was further promoted to be an associate professor. In 2014, he and his group moved to TIPCCAS and he was promoted to be a full professor in 2015. He has devoted himself to nanopore-related research for more than 12 years. His current research interests focus on nature-inspired functional materials, novel transport phenomena in 1D and 2D nanofluidic systems, and designing intelligent nanofluidic circuits for energy, environmental, and healthcare applications. ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c7cs00369b |