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The book reprints a set of important scientific papers applying physics and mathematics to address the problem of selective ionic conduction in narrow water-filled channels and pores. It is a long-standing problem, and an extremely important one. Life in all its forms depends on ion channels and, furthermore, the technological applications of artificial ion channels are already widespread and growing rapidly. They include desalination, DNA sequencing, energy harvesting, molecular sensors, fuel cells, batteries, personalised medicine, and drug design. Further applications are to be anticipated.The book will be helpful to researchers and technologists already working in the area, or planning to enter it. It gives detailed descriptions of a diversity of modern approaches, and shows how they can be particularly effective and mutually reinforcing when used together. It not only provides a snapshot of current cutting-edge scientific activity in the area, but also offers indications of how the subject is likely to evolve in the future.

reversal potential --- effects of diffusion coefficients --- permanent charge --- bioelectricity --- electrochemistry --- thermodynamics --- electrokinetics --- molecular mean-field theory --- Boltzmann and Fermi distributions --- Poisson–Boltzmann --- Poisson–Fermi --- Poisson–Bikerman --- Nernst–Planck --- steric and correlation effects --- ion channels --- ion activity --- double-layer capacitance --- nanofluidics --- steric effect --- Poisson-Boltzmann model --- Bikerman model --- entropy --- specific ion size --- electric double layer --- orientational ordering of water dipoles --- Helmholtz free energy --- modified Langevin Poisson-Boltzmann model --- nanopores --- reduced models --- Monte Carlo --- classical density functional theory --- Poisson-Nernst-Planck --- ion transport --- nanopore --- graphene --- crown ether --- ion channel --- selectivity --- permeability --- patch-clamp --- computer simulations --- ionic Coulomb blockade --- 2D materials --- nanotubes --- angstrom slits --- protein dynamics --- molecular dynamics --- non-Hermitian Hamiltonians --- algebraic topology --- semiclassical methods --- statistical mechanics --- polarization --- maxwell equations --- gating current --- dielectric constant --- statistical theory --- linear response --- ionic transport --- NaChBac --- computational electrophysiology --- electrodiffusion model --- stochastic simulations --- current–voltage dependence --- committor probabilities --- n/a --- Poisson-Boltzmann --- Poisson-Fermi --- Poisson-Bikerman --- Nernst-Planck --- current-voltage dependence

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Mesoscopic physics deals with systems larger than single atoms but small enough to retain their quantum properties. The possibility to create and manipulate conductors of the nanometer scale has given birth to a set of phenomena that have revolutionized physics: quantum Hall effects, persistent currents, weak localization, Coulomb blockade, etc. This Special Issue tackles the latest developments in the field. Contributors discuss time-dependent transport, quantum pumping, nanoscale heat engines and motors, molecular junctions, electron–electron correlations in confined systems, quantum thermo-electrics and current fluctuations. The works included herein represent an up-to-date account of exciting research with a broad impact in both fundamental and applied topics.

Technology: general issues --- quantum transport --- quantum interference --- shot noise --- persistent current --- mesoscale and nanoscale physics --- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology --- electron quantum optics --- photo-assisted noise --- charge and heat fluctuations --- time-dependent transport --- electron–photon coupling --- open quantum systems --- phonon transport --- nanostructured materials --- green’s functions --- density-functional tight binding --- Landauer approach, time-dependent transport --- graphene nanoribbons --- nonequilibrium Green’s function --- electronic transport --- thermal transport --- strongly correlated systems --- Landauer-Büttiker formalism --- Boltzmann transport equation --- time-dependent density functional theory --- electron–phonon coupling --- molecular junctions --- thermoelectric properties --- electron–vibration interactions --- electron–electron interactions --- thermoelectricity --- heat engines --- mesoscopic physics --- fluctuations --- thermodynamic uncertainty relations --- quantum thermodynamics --- steady-state dynamics --- nonlinear transport --- adiabatic quantum motors --- adiabatic quantum pumps --- quantum heat engines --- quantum refrigerators --- transport through quantum dots --- spin pump --- spin-orbit interaction --- quantum adiabatic pump --- interferometer --- geometric phase --- nonadiabaticity --- quantum heat pumping --- spin pumping --- relaxation --- time evolution --- quantum information --- entropy production --- Renyi entropy --- superconducting proximity effect --- Kondo effect --- spin polarization --- Anreev reflection --- conditional states --- conditional wavefunction --- Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics --- stochastic Schrödinger equation --- quantum electron transport --- quantum dots --- fluctuation–dissipation theorem --- Onsager relations --- dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems --- quantum capacitor --- local fermi liquids --- kondo effect --- coulomb blockade --- mesoscopic systems --- nanophysics --- quantum noise --- quantum pumping --- thermoelectrics --- heat transport --- quantum transport --- quantum interference --- shot noise --- persistent current --- mesoscale and nanoscale physics --- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology --- electron quantum optics --- photo-assisted noise --- charge and heat fluctuations --- time-dependent transport --- electron–photon coupling --- open quantum systems --- phonon transport --- nanostructured materials --- green’s functions --- density-functional tight binding --- Landauer approach, time-dependent transport --- graphene nanoribbons --- nonequilibrium Green’s function --- electronic transport --- thermal transport --- strongly correlated systems --- Landauer-Büttiker formalism --- Boltzmann transport equation --- time-dependent density functional theory --- electron–phonon coupling --- molecular junctions --- thermoelectric properties --- electron–vibration interactions --- electron–electron interactions --- thermoelectricity --- heat engines --- mesoscopic physics --- fluctuations --- thermodynamic uncertainty relations --- quantum thermodynamics --- steady-state dynamics --- nonlinear transport --- adiabatic quantum motors --- adiabatic quantum pumps --- quantum heat engines --- quantum refrigerators --- transport through quantum dots --- spin pump --- spin-orbit interaction --- quantum adiabatic pump --- interferometer --- geometric phase --- nonadiabaticity --- quantum heat pumping --- spin pumping --- relaxation --- time evolution --- quantum information --- entropy production --- Renyi entropy --- superconducting proximity effect --- Kondo effect --- spin polarization --- Anreev reflection --- conditional states --- conditional wavefunction --- Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics --- stochastic Schrödinger equation --- quantum electron transport --- quantum dots --- fluctuation–dissipation theorem --- Onsager relations --- dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems --- quantum capacitor --- local fermi liquids --- kondo effect --- coulomb blockade --- mesoscopic systems --- nanophysics --- quantum noise --- quantum pumping --- thermoelectrics --- heat transport

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Mesoscopic physics deals with systems larger than single atoms but small enough to retain their quantum properties. The possibility to create and manipulate conductors of the nanometer scale has given birth to a set of phenomena that have revolutionized physics: quantum Hall effects, persistent currents, weak localization, Coulomb blockade, etc. This Special Issue tackles the latest developments in the field. Contributors discuss time-dependent transport, quantum pumping, nanoscale heat engines and motors, molecular junctions, electron–electron correlations in confined systems, quantum thermo-electrics and current fluctuations. The works included herein represent an up-to-date account of exciting research with a broad impact in both fundamental and applied topics.

quantum transport --- quantum interference --- shot noise --- persistent current --- mesoscale and nanoscale physics --- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology --- electron quantum optics --- photo-assisted noise --- charge and heat fluctuations --- time-dependent transport --- electron–photon coupling --- open quantum systems --- phonon transport --- nanostructured materials --- green’s functions --- density-functional tight binding --- Landauer approach, time-dependent transport --- graphene nanoribbons --- nonequilibrium Green’s function --- electronic transport --- thermal transport --- strongly correlated systems --- Landauer-Büttiker formalism --- Boltzmann transport equation --- time-dependent density functional theory --- electron–phonon coupling --- molecular junctions --- thermoelectric properties --- electron–vibration interactions --- electron–electron interactions --- thermoelectricity --- heat engines --- mesoscopic physics --- fluctuations --- thermodynamic uncertainty relations --- quantum thermodynamics --- steady-state dynamics --- nonlinear transport --- adiabatic quantum motors --- adiabatic quantum pumps --- quantum heat engines --- quantum refrigerators --- transport through quantum dots --- spin pump --- spin-orbit interaction --- quantum adiabatic pump --- interferometer --- geometric phase --- nonadiabaticity --- quantum heat pumping --- spin pumping --- relaxation --- time evolution --- quantum information --- entropy production --- Renyi entropy --- superconducting proximity effect --- Kondo effect --- spin polarization --- Anreev reflection --- conditional states --- conditional wavefunction --- Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics --- stochastic Schrödinger equation --- quantum electron transport --- quantum dots --- fluctuation–dissipation theorem --- Onsager relations --- dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems --- quantum capacitor --- local fermi liquids --- kondo effect --- coulomb blockade --- mesoscopic systems --- nanophysics --- quantum noise --- quantum pumping --- thermoelectrics --- heat transport