Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P.R. China.
Small. 2015 Feb 18;11(7):786-91. doi: 10.1002/smll.201401677. Epub 2014 Oct 1.
Inspired by biological asymmetric ion channels, new shape-tunable and pH-responsive asymmetric hourglass single nanochannel systems demonstrate unique ion-transport properties. It is found that the change in shape and pH cooperatively control the ion transport within the nanochannel ranging from asymmetric shape with asymmetric ion transport, to asymmetric shape with symmetric ion transport and symmetric shape with symmetric ion transport.
受生物不对称离子通道的启发,新型形状可调且对 pH 响应的不对称沙漏型单纳米通道系统表现出独特的离子传输特性。研究发现,形状和 pH 的变化协同控制纳米通道内的离子传输,从具有不对称离子传输的不对称形状,到具有对称离子传输的不对称形状和具有对称离子传输的对称形状。