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A universal functionalization strategy for biomimetic nanochannel via external electric field assisted non-covalent interaction

Show Author's Information Yunfei Teng1,2,  Xiang-Yu Kong1 ( ),  Pei Liu1,2,  Yongchao Qian1,  Yuhao Hu1,  Lin Fu1,2,  Weiwen Xin1,2,  Lei Jiang1,2,  Liping Wen1,2( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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biomimetic, ionic nanofluidics, ionic rectification, solid-state nanopore, nanochannel
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Teng Y, Kong X-Y, Liu P, et al. A universal functionalization strategy for biomimetic nanochannel via external electric field assisted non-covalent interaction. Nano Research, 2021, 14(5): 1421-1428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3192-z
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Biological ion channels, as fundamental units participating in various daily behaviors with incredible mass transportation and signal transmission, triggered booming researches on manufacturing their artificial prototypes. Biomimetic ion channel with the nanometer scale for smart responding functions has been successfully realized in sorts of materials by employing state-of-art nanotechnology. Ion track-etching technology, as crucial branches of fabricating solid-state nanochannels, exhibits outstanding advantages, such as easy fabrication, low cost, and high customization. To endow the nanochannel with smart responsibility, various modification methods are developed, including chemical grafting, non-covalent adsorption, and electrochemical deposition, enriching the reservoir of accessible stimuli-responses combinations, whereas were limited by their relatively lengthy and complex procedure. Here, based on the electric field induced self-assembly of polyelectrolytes, a universal customizable modifying strategy has been proposed, which exhibits superiorities in their functionalization with convenience and compatibility. By using this protocol, the channels’ ionic transport behaviors could be easily tuned, and even the specific ionic or molecular responding could be realized with superior performance. This strategy surely accelerates the nanochannels functionalization into fast preparing, high efficiency, and large-scale application scenarios.


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A universal functionalization strategy for biomimetic nanochannel via external electric field assisted non-covalent interaction

Show Author's information Yunfei Teng1,2, Xiang-Yu Kong1 ( ), Pei Liu1,2, Yongchao Qian1, Yuhao Hu1, Lin Fu1,2, Weiwen Xin1,2, Lei Jiang1,2, Liping Wen1,2( )
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract

Biological ion channels, as fundamental units participating in various daily behaviors with incredible mass transportation and signal transmission, triggered booming researches on manufacturing their artificial prototypes. Biomimetic ion channel with the nanometer scale for smart responding functions has been successfully realized in sorts of materials by employing state-of-art nanotechnology. Ion track-etching technology, as crucial branches of fabricating solid-state nanochannels, exhibits outstanding advantages, such as easy fabrication, low cost, and high customization. To endow the nanochannel with smart responsibility, various modification methods are developed, including chemical grafting, non-covalent adsorption, and electrochemical deposition, enriching the reservoir of accessible stimuli-responses combinations, whereas were limited by their relatively lengthy and complex procedure. Here, based on the electric field induced self-assembly of polyelectrolytes, a universal customizable modifying strategy has been proposed, which exhibits superiorities in their functionalization with convenience and compatibility. By using this protocol, the channels’ ionic transport behaviors could be easily tuned, and even the specific ionic or molecular responding could be realized with superior performance. This strategy surely accelerates the nanochannels functionalization into fast preparing, high efficiency, and large-scale application scenarios.

Keywords: biomimetic, ionic nanofluidics, ionic rectification, solid-state nanopore, nanochannel

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Received: 08 July 2020
Revised: 21 September 2020
Accepted: 14 October 2020
Published: 15 November 2020
Issue date: May 2021

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The membranes employed in this work are based on an UMAT experiment, performed at the beam line X0 at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany) in the frame of FAIR Phase 0. We thank Yihui Xu and the service station of CAS key laboratory of infection and immunity for technical support during the revision of this manuscript. This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2017YFA0206904 and 2017YFA0206900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21625303, 21905287, 51673206, and 21988102), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA21010213), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2194088), and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. QYZDY-SSW-SLH014).

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