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ArticleNature communications2020

Porous organic cages as synthetic water channels.

Yi Di Yuan, Jinqiao Dong, Jie Liu, Daohui Zhao, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Hui Xian Gan, Yen Wah Tong, Jianwen Jiang, Dan Zhao

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ion-Permselective Porous Organic Cage Membranes.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
    Review
  2. Highly Selective Bioinspired Peptide Channels for Rapid Water Transport.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  3. Accelerated Porosity Screening Using a Multichannel Colorimetric Array.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  5. Nonadditive COChemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2025
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  7. Rapid Water Permeation by Aramid Foldamer Nanochannels With Hydrophobic Interiors.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  13. Porous Organic Cages.Chemical reviews · 2023
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  18. A contorted nanographene shelter.Nature communications · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yi Di YuanDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore.
Jinqiao DongDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore.
Jie LiuDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore.
Daohui ZhaoDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore.
Hui WuNIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-6102, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0296-5204
Wei ZhouNIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-6102, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5461-3617
Hui Xian GanDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore.
Yen Wah TongDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6004-6284
Jianwen JiangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore. chejj@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1310-9024
Dan ZhaoDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore, Singapore. chezhao@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4427-2150

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nature has protein channels (e.g., aquaporins) that preferentially transport water molecules while rejecting even the smallest hydrated ions. Aspirations to create robust synthetic counterparts have led to the development of a few one-dimensional channels. However, replicating the performance of the protein channels in these synthetic water channels remains a challenge. In addition, the dimensionality of the synthetic water channels also imposes engineering difficulties to align them in membranes. Here we show that zero-dimensional porous organic cages (POCs) with nanoscale pores can effectively reject small cations and anions while allowing fast water permeation (ca. 10

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PMCPMC7530991

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