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ArticleNature communications2012

Self-assembling subnanometer pores with unusual mass-transport properties.

Xibin Zhou, Guande Liu, Kazuhiro Yamato, Yi Shen, Ruixian Cheng, Xiaoxi Wei, Wanli Bai, Yi Gao, Hui Li, Yi Liu and 11 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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21 authors.

Xibin ZhouCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Guande Liu
Kazuhiro Yamato
Yi Shen
Ruixian Cheng
Xiaoxi Wei
Wanli Bai
Yi Gao
Hui Li
Yi Liu
Futao Liu
Daniel M Czajkowsky
Jingfang Wang
Michael J Dabney
Zhonghou Cai
Jun Hu
Frank V Bright
Lan He
Xiao Cheng Zeng
Zhifeng Shao
Bing Gong

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A long-standing aim in molecular self-assembly is the development of synthetic nanopores capable of mimicking the mass-transport characteristics of biological channels and pores. Here we report a strategy for enforcing the nanotubular assembly of rigid macrocycles in both the solid state and solution based on the interplay of multiple hydrogen-bonding and aromatic π-π stacking interactions. The resultant nanotubes have modifiable surfaces and inner pores of a uniform diameter defined by the constituent macrocycles. The self-assembling hydrophobic nanopores can mediate not only highly selective transmembrane ion transport, unprecedented for a synthetic nanopore, but also highly efficient transmembrane water permeability. These results establish a solid foundation for developing synthetically accessible, robust nanostructured systems with broad applications such as reconstituted mimicry of defined functions solely achieved by biological nanostructures, molecular sensing, and the fabrication of porous materials required for water purification and molecular separations.

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