A Biomimetic Voltage-Gated Chloride Nanochannel

Qian Liu; Liping Wen; Kai Xiao; Heng Lu; Zhen Zhang; Ganhua Xie; Xiang-Yu Kong; Zhishan Bo; Lei Jiang

doi:10.1002/adma.201505250

A Biomimetic Voltage-Gated Chloride Nanochannel

Adv Mater. 2016 Apr;28(16):3181-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201505250. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

Authors

Qian Liu¹, Liping Wen², Kai Xiao³, Heng Lu¹, Zhen Zhang³, Ganhua Xie³, Xiang-Yu Kong², Zhishan Bo¹, Lei Jiang²

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversionand Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical and ComputationalPhotochemistry, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China.
² Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
³ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.

PMID: 26917448
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505250

Abstract

A novel biomimetic voltage-gated chloride nanochannel is described. This artificial nanochannel can realize reversible switching between the "on" and "off" states upon addition and removal of Cl(-) and can realize the selective and directional transport of Cl(-) driven by voltage. Moreover, it also has high sensitivity, good selectivity, responsive switchability, and good stability.

Keywords: biomimetic; chloride; nanochannels; voltage-gated.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomimetic Materials / chemistry
Biomimetic Materials / metabolism*
Biomimetics*
Chlorides / metabolism*
Ion Channel Gating
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Substrate Specificity

Substances

Chlorides