Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have long been hailed as a cost-effective alternative to lithium-ion batteries, but their performance has been hindered by inefficiencies in the anode material. A new study ...

Nanofluidic ion transport and nanopore engineering represent a rapidly advancing frontier in nanoscience where researchers draw inspiration from biological ion channels to create synthetic systems ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Ion-transport-based sensory systems can be categorized into three groups – ionic sensors, ionic processors, and ionic interfaces – all of which center on ion transport. The ...

Membrane proteins: do they carry the gas ammonia or the ammonium ion in their luggage? And is transport active or passive? Biochemists have long speculated on the mechanistic details of the ammonium ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanofluidic channels feature a unique unipolar ionic transport when properly designed and constructed. Recent research in nanofluidics has adopted reconstructed layered ...

Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for being a fire hazard due to their flammable organic electrolytes. As such, there has been much effort to utilize water-based electrolytes as a safer alternative.

Nanometer-scale pores etched into layers of graphene can provide a simple model for the complex operation of ion channels, researchers have demonstrated. Tiny pores at a cell's entryway act as ...

Illustration of ions moving in water under strong confinement. Courtesy: T Mouterde, ENS By measuring how the electric current of an ionic fluid is generated by the flow of water through ...

The sodium-ion battery market is emerging as a viable alternative to lithium-ion technology amid concerns about lithium's ...