Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Understanding outsize role of nanopores: New research reveals differences in pH, and more, about these previously mysterious environments

There is an entire aqueous universe hidden within the tiny pores of many natural and engineered materials. Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has shown that when such materials are submerged in liquid, the chemistry inside the tiny pores — known as nanopores — can differ critically from that in the bulk solution.