Chemical Physics of Ionic Transport in Solvents, Polymers, and Near Interfaces

Ionic transport is critical for advanced technologies including batteries and fuel cells, and also controls important biological functions. Of special relevance is the transport behavior close to interfaces. In the last decade there has been concentrated effort to understand the chemical physics principles and the required materials properties needed to selectively maximize transport of selective ionic species. This special issue will bring together work by scientists pursuing this goal in a variety of contexts, and will highlight advances in experiment, simulation, theory, and data driven analysis.