ReviewMembranes2018
Biomimetic Membranes as a Technology Platform: Challenges and Opportunities.
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- Rapid Water Permeation by Aramid Foldamer Nanochannels With Hydrophobic Interiors.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- Bioactive Hybrids Containing Artificial Cell Membranes and Phyto-Gold-Silver Chloride Bio-Nanoparticles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Selective Water Pore Recognition and Transport through Self-Assembled Alkyl-Ureido-Trianglamine Artificial Water Channels.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Article
- Anomalous Oligomerization Behavior ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- A high-throughput yeast approach to characterize aquaporin permeabilities: Profiling the Arabidopsis PIP aquaporin sub-family.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Selective and rapid water transportation across a self-assembled peptide-diol channelChemical science · 2022Article
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- Interaction of Metallic Nanoparticles With Biomimetic Lipid Liquid Crystalline Cubic Interfaces.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Foldamer-based ultrapermeable and highly selective artificial water channels that exclude protons.Nature nanotechnology · 2021Article
- A consensus on the Aquaporin Gene Family in the Allotetraploid Plant,Plant direct · 2021Article
- Biologically interfaced nanoplasmonic sensors.Nanoscale advances · 2020Review
- Rapid fabrication of precise high-throughput filters from membrane protein nanosheets.Nature materials · 2020Article
- Artificial water channels enable fast and selective water permeation through water-wire networks.Nature nanotechnology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Biomimetic membranes are attracting increased attention due to the huge potential of using biological functional components and processes as an inspirational basis for technology development. Indeed, this has led to several new membrane designs and applications. However, there are still a number of issues which need attention. Here, I will discuss three examples of biomimetic membrane developments within the areas of water treatment, energy conversion, and biomedicine with a focus on challenges and applicability. While the water treatment area has witnessed some progress in developing biomimetic membranes of which some are now commercially available, other areas are still far from being translated into technology. For energy conversion, there has been much focus on using bacteriorhodopsin proteins, but energy densities have so far not reached sufficient levels to be competitive with state-of-the-art photovoltaic cells. For biomedical (e.g., drug delivery) applications the research focus has been on the mechanism of action, and much less on the delivery 'per se'. Thus, in order for these areas to move forward, we need to address some hard questions: is bacteriorhodopsin really the optimal light harvester to be used in energy conversion? And how do we ensure that biomedical nano-carriers covered with biomimetic membrane material ever reach their target cells/tissue in sufficient quantities? In addition to these area-specific questions the general issue of production cost and scalability must also be treated in order to ensure efficient translation of biomimetic membrane concepts into reality.
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