Nanofluidics – Fundamentals, Interfaces, and Applications:
- A. Paul, N. R. Aluru, “Nanoscale electrohydrodynamic ion transport: Influences of channel geometry and polarization-induced surface charges”, Physical Review E, Vol. 109, No. 2, Art. No. 025105, Feb 2024. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.025105 (link)
- A. J. Souna, M. H. Motevaselian, J. W. Polster, J. D. Tran, Z. S. Siwy, N. R. Aluru, J. T. Fourkas, “Beyond the electrical double layer model: ion-dependent effects in nanoscale solvent organization”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 6726-6735, Feb 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D3CP05712G (link)
- Y. Noh, N. R. Aluru, “Scaling of ionic conductance in a fluctuating single-layer nanoporous membrane”, Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, Art. No. 19813, Nov 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46962-8 (link)
- Y. Noh, N. R. Aluru, “Activation of atomic transport via vibrational coupling-induced force fluctuations”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 123, No. 9, Art. No. 091601, 2023. DOI: 10.1063/5.0160780 (link)
- A. Rayabharam, H. Qu, Y. Wang, N. R. Aluru, “Spontaneous sieving of water from ethanol using angstrom-sized nanopores”, Nanoscale, Vol. 15, No. 30, pp. 12626-12633, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/d3nr02768f (link)
- C. Liang, A. Rayabharam, N. R. Aluru, “Structural and Dynamical Properties of H2O and D2O under Confinement”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 127, No. 29, pp. 6532-6542, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c02868 (link)
- Y. Noh, N. R. Aluru, “Ion transport in two-dimensional flexible nanoporous membranes”, Nanoscale, Vol. 15, No. 26, pp. 11090-11098, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00875d (link)
- F. Chen, Y. Zhao, A. Saxena, C. Zhao, M. Niu, N. R. Aluru, J. Feng, “Inducing Electric Current in Graphene Using Ionic Flow”, Nano Letters, Vol. 23, No. 10, pp. 4464-4470, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00821 (link)
- N. R. Aluru, F. Aydin, M. Z. Bazant, D. Blankschtein, A. H. Brozena, J.P. de Souza, M. Elimelech, S. Faucher, J. T. Fourkas, V. B. Koman, M. Kuehne, H. J. Kulik, H-K. Li, Y. Li, Z. Li, A. Majumdar, J. Martis, R. P. Misra, A. Noy, T. A. Pham, H. Qu, A. Rayabharam, M. A. Reed, C. L. Ritt, E. Schwegler, Z. Siwy, M. S. Strano, Y. Wang, Y-C. Yao, C. Zhan, Z. Zhang, “Fluids and Electrolytes under Confinement in Single-Digit Nanopores”, Chemical Reviews, Vol. 123, No. 6, pp. 2737-2831, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00155 (link)
- S. Faucher, M. Kuehne, H. Oliaei, R. P. Misra, S. X. Li, N. R. Aluru, M. S. Strano, “Observation and Isochoric Thermodynamic Analysis of Partially Water-Filled 1.32 and 1.45 nm Diameter Carbon Nanotubes”, Nano Letters, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 389-397, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00911 (link)
- A. Rayabharam, N. R. Aluru, “Quantum water desalination: Water generation through separate pathways for protons and hydroxide ions in membranes”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 132, No. 19, Art. No. 194302, 2022. DOI: 10.1063/5.0122324 (link)
- L. K. S. Bonagiri, K. S. Panse, S. Zhou, H. Wu. N. R. Aluru, Y. Zhang, “Real-Space Charge Density Profiling of Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces with Angstrom Depth Resolution”, ACS Nano, Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 19594-19604, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10819 (link)
- K. S. Panse, H. Wu, S. Zhou, F. Zhao, N. R. Aluru, Y. Zhang, “Innermost ion association configuration is a key structural descriptor of ionic liquids at electrified interfaces”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 13, No. 40, pp. 9464-9472, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02768 (link)
- Y. Noh, N. R. Aluru, “Effect of interfacial vibrational coupling on surface wettability and water transport”, Physical Review E, Vol. 106, No. 2, Art. No. 025106, 2022. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.106.025106 (link)
- A. Rayabharam, N. R. Aluru, “Interstitial proton transport through defective MXenes”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 120, No. 21, Art. No. 211601, 2022. DOI: 10.1063/5.0098709 (link)
- M. Heiranian, N. R. Aluru, “Modified Lucas-Washburn theory for fluid filling in nanotubes”, Physical Review E, Vol. 105, No. 5, Art. No. 055105, 2022. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.105.055105 (link)
- J. W. Polster, A. J. Souna, M. H. Motevaselian, R. A. Lucas, J. D. Tran, Z. S. Siwy, N. R. Aluru, J. T. Fourkas, “The electrical double-layer revisited”, Natural Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 2, Art. No. e20210099, 2022. DOI: 10.1002/ntls.20210099 (link)
- P. Priya, T. C. Nguyen, A. Saxena, N. R. Aluru, “Machine Learning Assisted Screening of Two-Dimensional Materials for Water Desalination”, ACS Nano, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 1929-1939, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c05345 (link)
- X. Jiang, C. Zhao, Y. Noh, Y. Xu, Y. Chen, F. Chen, L. Ma, W. Ren, N. R. Aluru, J. Feng, “Nonlinear electrohydrodynamic ion transport in graphene nanopores”, Science Advances, Vol. 8, No. 2, Art. No. eabj2510, 2022. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj2510 (link)
- Y. Noh, N. R. Aluru, “Phonon-Fluid Coupling Enhanced Water Desalination in Flexible Two-Dimensional Porous Membranes”, Nano Letters, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 419-425, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04155 (link)
- J. Comtet, A. Rayabharam, E. Glushkov, M. Zhang, A. Avsar, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, N. R. Aluru, A. Radenovic, “Anomalous interfacial dynamics of single proton charges in binary aqueous solutions”, Science Advances, Vol. 7, No. 40, Art. No. eabg8568, 2021. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg8568 (link)
- N. R. Aluru, “Light-induced correlated ion transport”, Matter, Vol. 4, No. 7, pp. 2102-2104, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.06.007 (link)
- M. Zhao, M. Lihter, T.-H. Chen, M. Macha, A. Rayabharam, K. Banjac, Y. Zhao, Z. Wang, J. Zhang, J. Comtet, N. R. Aluru, M. Lingenfelder, A. Kis, A. Radenovic, “Super-resolved Optical Mapping of Reactive Sulfur-Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides”, ACS Nano, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 7168-7178, 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c00373 (link)
- M. Heiranian, Y. Noh, and N. R. Aluru, “Dynamic and weak electric double layers in ultrathin nanopores”, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 154, No. 13, Art. No., 134703, 2021. DOI: 10.1063/5.0048011 (link)
- F. Aydin, A. Moradzadeh, C. L. Bilodeau, E. Y. Lau, E. Schwegler, N. R. Aluru, T. A. Pham, “Ion Solvation and Transport in Narrow Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of Polarizability, Cation-π Interaction, and Confinement”, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 1596-1605, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00827 (link)
- S. Faucher, M. Kuehne, V. B. Koman, N. Northrup, D. Kozawa, Z. Yuan, S. X. Li, Y. Zeng, T. Ichihara, R. P. Misra, N. Aluru, D. Blankschtein, and M. S. Strano, “Diameter Dependence of Water Filling in Lithographically Segmented Isolated Carbon Nanotubes”, ACS Nano, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 2778-2790, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08634
- Z. Zhang, A. Rayabharam, J. Martis, H. Li, N. R. Aluru and A. Majumdar, “Prospects for sub-nanometer scale imaging of optical phenomena using electron microscopy”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 118, No. 3, Art. No. 033104, 2021. DOI: 10.1063/5.0029979
- H. Qu, A. Rayabharam, X. Wu, P. Wang, Y. Li, J. Fagan, N. R. Aluru, Y. Wang, “Selective filling of n-hexane in a tight nanopore”, Nature Communications, Vol. 12, Art. No. 310, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20587-1
- S. Zhou, K. S. Panse, M. H. Motevaselian, N. R. Aluru, Y. Zhang, “Three-Dimensional Molecular Mapping of Ionic Liquids at Electrified Interfaces”, ACS Nano, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp. 17515-17523, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07957
- M. H. Motevaselian and N. R. Aluru, “Confinement-Induced Enhancement of Parallel Dielectric Permittivity: Super Permittivity Under Extreme Confinement”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 11, No. 24, pp. 10532-10537, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03219
- M. Heiranian, A. Taqieddin and N. R. Aluru, “Revisiting Sampson’s theory for hydrodynamic transport in ultrathin nanopores”, Physical Review Research, Vol. 2, No. 4, Art. No. 043153, 2020. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043153
- M. H. Motevaselian and N. R. Aluru, “Universal Reduction in Dielectric Response of Confined Fluids”, ACS Nano, Vol. 14, No. 10, pp. 12761-12770, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03173
- Y. Noh and N. R. Aluru, “Ion Transport in Electrically Imperfect Nanopores”, ACS Nano, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 10518-10526, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04453
- M. Heiranian and N. R. Aluru, “Nanofluidic Transport Theory with Enhancement Factors Approaching One”, ACS Nano, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 272-281, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b04328
- Y.-C. Yao, A. Taqieddin, M. A. Alibakshi, M. Wanunu, N. R. Aluru, A. Noy, “Strong Electroosmotic Coupling Dominates Ion Conductance of 1.5 nm Diameter Carbon Nanotube Porins”, ACS Nano, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp. 12851-12859, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05118
- S. Faucher, N. Aluru, M. Bazant, D. Blankschtein, A. H. Brozena, J. Cumings, J. Pedro de Souza, M. Elimelech, R. Epsztein, J. T. Fourkas, A. G. Rajan, H. J. Kulik, A. Levy, A. Majumdar, C. Martin, M. McEldrew, R. P. Misra, A. Noy, T. A. Pham, M. Reed, E. Schwegler, Z. Siwy, Y. Wang, M. Strano, “Critical Knowledge Gaps in Mass Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores: A Review and Perspective”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 123, No. 35, pp. 21309-21326, 2019.
- S. S. Kwon, J. Choi, M. Heiranian, Y. Kim, W. J. Chang, P. M. Knapp, M. C. Wang, J. M. Kim, N. R. Aluru, W. Il Park, S. Nam, “Electrical Double Layer of Supported Atomically Thin Materials”, Nano Letters, Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 4588-4593, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01563
- E. Rigo, Z. Dong, J.H. Park, E. Kennedy, M. Hokmabadi, L. Almonte-Garcia, L. Ding, N. Aluru, G. Timp, “Measurements of the size and correlations between ions using an electrolytic point contact”, Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Art. No. 2382, 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10265-2
- M. E. Suk and N. R. Aluru, “Modeling water flow through carbon nanotube membranes with extrance/exit effects”, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 247-262, 2017. DOI: 10.1080/15567265.2017.1355949
- A. Barati Farimani and N. R. Aluru, “Existence of multiple phases of water at nanotube interfaces”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 120, No. 41, pp. 23763-23771, 2016.
- J. Feng, M. Graf, K. Liu, D. Ovchinnikov, D. Dumcenco, M. Heiranian, V. Nandigana, N. R. Aluru, A. Kis and A. Radenovic, “Single-layer MoS2 nanopores as nanopower generators”, Nature, Vol. 536, No. 7615, pp. 197-200, 2016.
- A. Barati Farimani, M. Heiranian and N. R. Aluru, “Nano-electro-mechanical pump: Giant pumping of water in carbon nanotubes”, Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, Art. No. 26211, 2016.
- M. Heiranian, A. Barati Farimani and N. R. Aluru, “Water desalination with a single-layer MoS2 nanopore”, Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Art. No. 8616, 2015.
- M. E. Suk and N. R. Aluru, “Ion transport in sub-5-nm graphene nanopores”, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 140, No. 8, Art. No. 084707, 2014.
- A. Barati Farimani, Y. Wu and N. R. Aluru, “Rotational motion of a single water molecule in a buckyball”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 15, No. 41, pp. 17993-18000, 2013.
- M. E. Suk and N. R. Aluru, “Molecular and continuum hydrodynamics in graphene nanopores”, RSC Advances, Vol. 3, No. 24, pp. 9365-9372, 2013.
- J. Lee and N. R. Aluru, “Water-solubility-driven separation of gases using graphene membrane”, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 428, pp. 546-553, 2013.
- A. Barati Farimani and N. R. Aluru, “Spatial diffusion of water in carbon nanotubes: From Fickian to ballistic motion”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 115, No. 42, pp. 12145-12149, 2011.
- J. Lee and N. R. Aluru, “Mechanistic analysis of gas enrichment in gas-water mixtures near extended surfaces”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 115, No. 35, pp. 17495-17502, 2011.
- M. E. Suk and N. R. Aluru, “Water transport through ultrathin graphene”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 1, No. 10, pp. 1590-1594, 2010.
- J. Lee and N. R. Aluru, “Separation of gases from gas-water mixtures using carbon nanotubes”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96, No. 13, Art. No. 133108, 2010.
- J. Park and N. R. Aluru, “Ordering-induced fast diffusion of nanoscale water film on graphene”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 114, No. 6, pp. 2595-2599, 2010.
- M. E. Suk and N. R. Aluru, “Effect of induced electric field on single-file reverse osmosis”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 11, No. 38, pp. 8614-8619, 2009.
- C. Y. Won and N. R. Aluru, “A chloride ion-selective boron nitride nanotube”, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 478, No. 4-6, pp. 185-190, 2009.
- J.H. Park and N. R. Aluru, “Diffusion of water submonolayers on hydrophilic surfaces”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, No. 25, Art. No. 253104, 2008.
- C. Y. Won and N. R. Aluru, “Water phase transition induced by a Stone-Wales defect in a boron nitride nanotube”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, No. 41, pp. 13649-13652, 2008.
- S. Joseph and N. R. Aluru, “Pumping of confined water in carbon nanotubes by rotation-translation coupling”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101, No. 6, Art. No. 064502, 2008.
- Y. Xu and N. R. Aluru, “Carbon nanotube screening effects on the water-ion channels”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, No. 4, Art. No. 043122, 2008.
- M. E. Suk, A. V. Raghunathan and N. R. Aluru, “Fast reverse osmosis using boron nitride and carbon nanotubes”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 13, Art. No. 133120, 2008.
- C. Y. Won and N. R. Aluru, “Structure and dynamics of water confined in a boron nitride nanotube”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 112, No. 6, pp. 1812-1818, 2008.
- S. Joseph and N. R. Aluru, “Why are carbon nanotubes fast transporters of water?”, Nano Letters, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 452-458, 2008.
- A. V. Raghunathan and N. R. Aluru, “Self-consistent molecular dynamics formulation for electric-field-mediated electrolyte transport through nanochannels”, Physical Review E, Vol. 76, No. 1, Art. No. 011202, 2007.
- C. Won and N. R. Aluru, “Water permeation through a subnanometer boron nitride nanotube”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 129, No. 10, pp. 2748-2749, 2007.
- A. V. Raghunathan and N. R. Aluru, “Effect of size-asymmetric electrolyte on single-file osmosis”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, No. 6, Art. No. 064107, 2006.
- A. V. Raghunathan and N. R. Aluru, “Molecular understanding of osmosis in semipermeable membranes”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 97, No. 2, Art. No. 024501, 2006.
- R. Qiao, J. G. Georgiadis and N. R. Aluru, “Differential ion transport induced electroosmosis and internal recirculation in heterogeneous osmosis membranes”, Nano Letters, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 995-999, 2006.
- J.H. Park, S. B. Sinnott and N. R. Aluru, “Ion separation using a Y-junction carbon nanotube”, Nanotechnology, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 895-900, 2006.
- R. Qiao and N. R. Aluru, “Atomistic simulation of KCl transport in charged silicon nanochannels: Interfacial effects”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 267, No. 1-3, pp. 103-109, 2005.
- R. Qiao and N. R. Aluru, “Scaling of electrokinetic transport in nanometer channels”, Langmuir, Vol. 21, No. 19, pp. 8972-8977, 2005.
- C. Ho, R. Qiao, J. B. Heng, A. Chatterjee, R. J. Timp, N. R. Aluru and G. Timp, “Electrolytic transport through a synthetic nanometer-diameter pore”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 102, No. 30, pp. 10445-10450, 2005.
- R. Qiao and N. R. Aluru, ”Surface-charge-induced asymmetric electrokinetic transport in confined silicon nanochannels”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 86, No. 14, 143105, 2005.
- R. Qiao and N. R. Aluru, “Charge inversion and flow reversal in a nanochannel electro-osmotic flow”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 92, No. 19, Art. No. 198301, 14 May 2004.
- S. Joseph, R. J. Mashl, E. Jakobsson and N. R. Aluru, “Electrolytic transport in modified carbon nanotubes”, Nano Letters, Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 1399-1403, 2003.
- R. Qiao and N. R. Aluru, “Atypical dependence of electroosmotic transport on surface charge in a single-wall carbon nanotube”, Nano Letters, Vol. 3, No. 8, pp. 1013-1017, 2003.
- R. J. Mashl, S. Joseph, N. R. Aluru and E. Jakobsson, “Anomalously immobilized water: A new water phase induced by confinement in nanotubes”, Nano Letters, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 589-592, 2003.
- R. Qiao and N. R. Aluru, “Ion concentrations and velocity profiles in nanochannel electroosmotic flows”, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 118, No. 10, pp. 4692-4701, 2003.