Soft Micro/Nanochannels: Fundamentals and Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 March 2023) | Viewed by 1949
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced separation processes; electrokinetics; micro/nano fluidics; surface sciences; membranes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The biological ion channels or membrane proteins that exist in living organisms play essential roles in their life processes with different intelligent functions, including signaling, mass transfer, ion manipulation, selection and separation of specific ionic species, etc. Nature has inspired the fabrication of intelligent devices to meet the needs of the advanced community and better understand the imitation of living processes. In recent years, soft smart nanopores/nanochannels for intelligent control of the transportation of ions and molecules in organisms have been extensively studied due to their great potential in applications such as molecular sieves, nanofluidics, energy conversion, and biosensors. To keep up with the fast development of this field, it is necessary to summarize the construction, characterization, and application of biomimetic smart nanopores/nanochannels. These can be classified into four sections: the fabrication of solid-state nanopores/nanochannels, functionalization methods and materials, the explanation about the mechanism of ion rectification, and the various practical applications. This Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on: (1) novel designs, fabrication, control, and modeling of soft micro-/nanochannels; and (2) new developments in applying soft micro-/nanochannels of any kind in consumer electronics, optical communications, industry, medicine, agriculture, space, or defense.
Dr. Seyed Nezameddin Ashrafizadeh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soft micro/nanochannel
- bipolar nanochannels
- polyelectrolyte layer
- ionic current rectification
- electroosmotic flow
- salinity gradient energy/blue energy generation
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