Zhang Yuqi, Kong Xiang-Yu, Gao Loujun, Tian Ye, Wen Liping, Jiang Lei
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yan'an University, Yan'an 716000, Shaanxi, China.
Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Materials (Basel). 2015 Sep 17;8(9):6277-6308. doi: 10.3390/ma8095304.
Nature has inspired the fabrication of intelligent devices to meet the needs of the advanced community and better understand the imitation of biology. As a biomimetic nanodevice, nanochannels/nanopores aroused increasing interest because of their potential applications in nanofluidic fields. In this review, we have summarized some recent results mainly focused on the design and fabrication of one-dimensional nanochannels, which can be made of many materials, including polymers, inorganics, biotic materials, and composite materials. These nanochannels have some properties similar to biological channels, such as selectivity, voltage-dependent current fluctuations, ionic rectification current and ionic gating, Therefore, they show great potential for the fields of biosensing, filtration, and energy conversions. These advances can not only help people to understand the living processes in nature, but also inspire scientists to develop novel nanodevices with better performance for mankind.
大自然启发了智能设备的制造，以满足先进社会的需求，并更好地理解对生物的模仿。作为一种仿生纳米器件，纳米通道/纳米孔因其在纳米流体领域的潜在应用而引起了越来越多的关注。在这篇综述中，我们总结了一些近期的研究成果，主要集中在一维纳米通道的设计与制造上，这些纳米通道可以由多种材料制成，包括聚合物、无机物、生物材料和复合材料。这些纳米通道具有一些与生物通道相似的特性，如选择性、电压依赖性电流波动、离子整流电流和离子门控，因此，它们在生物传感、过滤和能量转换领域显示出巨大的潜力。这些进展不仅有助于人们理解自然界中的生命过程，也激励科学家为人类开发性能更优的新型纳米器件。
