Nanofluidics, from bulk to interfaces.
By L. Bocquet, E. Charlaix. Chemical Society Reviews, 2009
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Nanofluidics has emerged recently in the footsteps of microfluidics, following the quest for scale reduction inherent to nanotechnologies. By definition, nanofluidics explores transport phenomena of fluids at nanometer scales. Why is the nanometer scale specific? What fluid properties are probed at nanometric scales? In other words, why does 'nanofluidics' deserve its own brand name? In this critical review, we will explore the vast manifold of length scales emerging for fluid behavior at the nanoscale, as well as the associated mechanisms and corresponding applications. We will in particular explore the interplay between bulk and interface phenomena. The limit of validity of the continuum approaches will be discussed, as well as the numerous surface induced effects occurring at these scales, from hydrodynamic slippage to the various electro-kinetic phenomena originating from the couplings between hydrodynamics and electrostatics. An enlightening analogy between ion transport in nanochannels and transport in doped semi-conductors will be discussed (156 references).
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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- Fluids at the Nanoscale: From Continuum to Subcontinuum Transport (2020, methodology): “In this section, we only sketch the main results with particular emphasis on how well-known equations apply to the smallest channels, and we refer refer the reader to other reviews on the subject (Bocquet & Charlaix (2010), Schoch et al. (2008), Sparreboom et al. (2010)) for more details.”
- Moving Contact Lines: Scales, Regimes, and Dynamical Transitions (2013, background): “Indeed, the dependence (1 + cos θe )−2 is approximately verified in experiments and in numerical simulations (Bocquet & Charlaix 2010, Huang et al. 2008).”