Biomimetic Solid-State Nanochannels: From Fundamental Research to Practical Applications

Enhanced Stability and Controllability of an Ionic Diode Based on Funnel-Shaped Nanochannels with an Extended Critical Region

(2016) Kai Xiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Construction and application of photoresponsive smart nanochannels

(2016) Kai Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

A biomimetic DNA-based channel for the ligand-controlled transport of charged molecular cargo across a biological membrane

(2016) Jonathan R. Burns et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nanochannels for electrical biosensing

(2016) Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Nanopore sensing at ultra-low concentrations using single-molecule dielectrophoretic trapping

(2016) Kevin J. Freedman et al.   Nature Communications

Free-Standing Bilayered Nanoparticle Superlattice Nanosheets with Asymmetric Ionic Transport Behaviors

(2015) Siyuan Rao et al.   ACS Nano

Photo Induced Membrane Separation for Water Purification and Desalination Using Azobenzene Modified Anodized Alumina Membranes

(2015) Masahiro Fujiwara et al.   ACS Nano

Engineered Asymmetric Composite Membranes with Rectifying Properties

(2015) Liping Wen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Bioinspired Multifunctional Heterogeneous Membrane with Ultrahigh Ionic Rectification and Highly Efficient Selective Ionic Gating

(2015) Zhen Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Presence of electrolyte promotes wetting and hydrophobic gating in nanopores with residual surface charges

(2015) Laura Innes et al.   ANALYST

Ionic Current Rectification in a pH-Tunable Polyelectrolyte Brushes Functionalized Conical Nanopore: Effect of Salt Gradient

(2015) Jeng-Yang Lin et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A Bioinspired Switchable and Tunable Carbonate-Activated Nanofluidic Diode Based on a Single Nanochannel

(2015) Ganhua Xie et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Free-standing graphene membranes on glass nanopores for ionic current measurements

(2015) Michael I. Walker et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanochannel array device operating through Prussian blue nanoparticles for sensitive label-free immunodetection of a cancer biomarker

(2015) Marisol Espinoza-Castañeda et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Chiral recognition of Arg based on label-free PET nanochannel

(2015) Zhongyue Sun et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

DNAzyme tunable lead(ii) gating based on ion-track etched conical nanochannels

(2015) YanLi Shang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bioconjugation-induced ionic current rectification in aptamer-modified single cylindrical nanopores

(2015) Mubarak Ali et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chiral recognition of l-tryptophan with beta-cyclodextrin-modified biomimetic single nanochannel

(2015) Ganhua Xie et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Hydrophobic Gating in Ion Channels

(2015) Prafulla Aryal et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Scaling Laws and Ionic Current Inversion in Polyelectrolyte-Grafted Nanochannels

(2015) Guang Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Polydopamine Meets Solid-State Nanopores: A Bioinspired Integrative Surface Chemistry Approach To Tailor the Functional Properties of Nanofluidic Diodes

(2015) Gonzalo Pérez-Mitta et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Engineered Ionic Gates for Ion Conduction Based on Sodium and Potassium Activated Nanochannels

(2015) Qian Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Observation of Charge Inversion in Divalent Nanofluidic Devices

(2015) Sylvia Xin Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanofluidics Approach to Separate between Static and Kinetic Nanoconfinement Effects on the Crystallization of Polymers

(2015) Afef Houachtia et al.   NANO LETTERS

Liquid-based gating mechanism with tunable multiphase selectivity and antifouling behaviour

(2015) Xu Hou et al.   NATURE

Membranes at the limit

(2015) Dong-Yeun Koh et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Heterogeneous sub-continuum ionic transport in statistically isolated graphene nanopores

(2015) Tarun Jain et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Identification of single nucleotides in MoS2 nanopores

(2015) Jiandong Feng et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Water desalination using nanoporous single-layer graphene

(2015) Sumedh P. Surwade et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Fabrication of nanopores with ultrashort single-walled carbon nanotubes inserted in a lipid bilayer

(2015) Lei Liu et al.   Nature Protocols

Fabrication of hydrogel-coated single conical nanochannels exhibiting controllable ion rectification characteristics

(2015) Linlin Wang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Unraveling the mechanism of selective ion transport in hydrophobic subnanometer channels

(2015) Hui Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-assembled two-dimensional nanofluidic proton channels with high thermal stability

(2015) Jiao-Jing Shao et al.   Nature Communications

Fabrication of Nanochannels

(2015) Yuqi Zhang et al.   Materials

Gas-breathing polymer film for constructing switchable ionic diodes

(2015) Hong Jiang et al.   RSC Advances

Development of solid-state nanopore fabrication technologies

(2015) Tao Deng et al.   Science Bulletin

Calcein-Modified Multinanochannels on PET Films for Calcium-Responsive Nanogating

(2014) Zheyi Meng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Fluoride-Driven Ionic Gate Based on a 4-Aminophenylboronic Acid-Functionalized Asymmetric Single Nanochannel

(2014) Qian Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Nanoporous Block Copolymer Membranes for Ultrafiltration: A Simple Approach to Size Tunability

(2014) Hyungju Ahn et al.   ACS Nano

A Bio-inspired Potassium and pH Responsive Double-gated Nanochannel

(2014) Meiying Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Biomimetic Multi-Stimuli-Response Ionic Gate Using a Hydroxypyrene Derivation-Functionalized Asymmetric Single Nanochannel

(2014) Kai Xiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fundamental Studies of Nanofluidics: Nanopores, Nanochannels, and Nanopipets

(2014) Daniel G. Haywood et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular separation with carbon nanotubes

(2014) Behrouz Arash et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Nanopores formed by DNA origami: A review

(2014) Nicholas A.W. Bell et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Tunable Donnan Potential and Electrokinetic Flow in a Biomimetic Gated Nanochannel with pH-Regulated Polyelectrolyte Brushes

(2014) Zachary Milne et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

High-Performance Ionic Diode Membrane for Salinity Gradient Power Generation

(2014) Jun Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Isoporous Block Copolymer Membranes

(2014) Volker Abetz   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Measurement of the Position-Dependent Electrophoretic Force on DNA in a Glass Nanocapillary

(2014) Roman D. Bulushev et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electroosmotic Flow Reversal Outside Glass Nanopores

(2014) Nadanai Laohakunakorn et al.   NANO LETTERS

Controlled transport of DNA through a Y-shaped carbon nanotube in a solid membrane

(2014) Binquan Luan et al.   Nanoscale

Bubbles as osmotic membranes

(2014) Lydéric Bocquet   Nature Nanotechnology

Nanofluidic transport governed by the liquid/vapour interface

(2014) Jongho Lee et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Fabrication of different pore shapes by multi-step etching technique in ion-irradiated PET membranes

(2014) D. Mo et al.   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

Precise and Ultrafast Molecular Sieving Through Graphene Oxide Membranes

(2014) R. K. Joshi et al.   SCIENCE

Ion transport controlled by nanoparticle-functionalized membranes

(2014) Edward Barry et al.   Nature Communications

Ultratrace detection of glucose with enzyme-functionalized single nanochannels

(2014) Guanglei Hou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Two-dimensional ion channel based soft-matter piezoelectricity

(2014) Wei Guo et al.   Science China-Materials

Asymmetric Ion Transport through Ion-Channel-Mimetic Solid-State Nanopores

(2013) Wei Guo et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

“Frozen” Block Copolymer Nanomembranes with Light-Driven Proton Pumping Performance

(2013) Liangju Kuang et al.   ACS Nano

Membranes with Highly Ordered Straight Nanopores by Selective Swelling of Fast Perpendicularly Aligned Block Copolymers

(2013) Jun Yin et al.   ACS Nano

Conversion of Light to Electricity by Photoinduced Reversible pH Changes and Biomimetic Nanofluidic Channels

(2013) Liping Wen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Gating Titania/Alumina Heterogeneous Nanochannels with Regulatable Ion Rectification Characteristic

(2013) Qianqian Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomimetic Multifunctional Nanochannels Based on the Asymmetric Wettability of Heterogeneous Nanowire Membranes

(2013) Jingchao Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bio-Inspired Two-Dimensional Nanofluidic Generators Based on a Layered Graphene Hydrogel Membrane

(2013) Wei Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ion Transport in a pH-Regulated Nanopore

(2013) Li-Hsien Yeh et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Two-Way Nanopore Sensing of Sequence-Specific Oligonucleotides and Small-Molecule Targets in Complex Matrices Using Integrated DNA Supersandwich Structures

(2013) Nannan Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanopore detection of copper ions using a polyhistidine probe

(2013) Guihua Wang et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

From symmetric to asymmetric design of bio-inspired smart single nanochannels

(2013) Huacheng Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A biomimetic mercury(ii)-gated single nanochannel

(2013) Ye Tian et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bioinspired Artificial Single Ion Pump

(2013) Huacheng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photocatalysis-Triggered Ion Rectification in Artificial Nanochannels Based on Chemically Modified Asymmetric TiO2 Nanotubes

(2013) Ziying Hu et al.   LANGMUIR

Solid-state and biological nanopore for real-time sensing of single chemical and sequencing of DNA

(2013) Farzin Haque et al.   Nano Today

Giant osmotic energy conversion measured in a single transmembrane boron nitride nanotube

(2013) Alessandro Siria et al.   NATURE

Optoelectronic control of surface charge and translocation dynamics in solid-state nanopores

(2013) Nicolas Di Fiori et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Construction of biomimetic smart nanochannels for confined water

(2013) Liping Wen et al.   National Science Review

Polystyrene Particles Reveal Pore Substructure As They Translocate

(2012) Matthew Pevarnik et al.   ACS Nano

Nanochannels Preparation and Application in Biosensing

(2012) Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz et al.   ACS Nano

Single Cigar-Shaped Nanopores Functionalized with Amphoteric Amino Acid Chains: Experimental and Theoretical Characterization

(2012) Mubarak Ali et al.   ACS Nano

High-Temperature Gating of Solid-State Nanopores with Thermo-Responsive Macromolecular Nanoactuators in Ionic Liquids

(2012) Yahong Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Malachite Green Derivative-Functionalized Single Nanochannel: Light-and-pH Dual-Driven Ionic Gating

(2012) Liping Wen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A hydrophobic entrance enhances ion current rectification and induces dewetting in asymmetric nanopores

(2012) Matthew Pevarnik et al.   ANALYST

Synergy Effect on Morphology Switching: Real-Time Observation of Photo-Orientation of Microphase Separation in a Block Copolymer

(2012) Shusaku Nagano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

DNA Origami Gatekeepers for Solid-State Nanopores

(2012) Ruoshan Wei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanometer-thin solid-state nanopores by cold ion beam sculpting

(2012) Aaron T. Kuan et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Light-regulated ion transport through artificial ion channels based on TiO2 nanotubular arrays

(2012) Qianqian Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Design and Preparation of Porous Polymers

(2012) Dingcai Wu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Facile fabrication of nanofluidic diode membranes using anodic aluminium oxide

(2012) Songmei Wu et al.   Nanoscale

Nanopores as protein sensors

(2012) Stefan Howorka et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Stochastic sensing of proteins with receptor-modified solid-state nanopores

(2012) Ruoshan Wei et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

An 18.2%-efficient black-silicon solar cell achieved through control of carrier recombination in nanostructures

(2012) Jihun Oh et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Synthetic Lipid Membrane Channels Formed by Designed DNA Nanostructures

(2012) M. Langecker et al.   SCIENCE

Unimpeded Permeation of Water Through Helium-Leak-Tight Graphene-Based Membranes

(2012) R. R. Nair et al.   SCIENCE

Hierarchical Structural Nanopore Arrays Fabricated by Pre-patterning Aluminum using Nanosphere Lithography

(2012) Xinnan Wang et al.   Small

Voltage-Gated Hydrophobic Nanopores

(2011) Sergei N. Smirnov et al.   ACS Nano

Stacked Graphene-Al2O3 Nanopore Sensors for Sensitive Detection of DNA and DNA–Protein Complexes

(2011) Bala Murali Venkatesan et al.   ACS Nano

Controlling DNA Translocation through Gate Modulation of Nanopore Wall Surface Charges

(2011) Yuhui He et al.   ACS Nano

Biomimetic smart nanopores and nanochannels

(2011) Xu Hou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Pressure-Dependent Ion Current Rectification in Conical-Shaped Glass Nanopores

(2011) Wen-Jie Lan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Recognition in Biomimetic Single Artificial Nanochannels

(2011) Cuiping Han et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

DNA Origami Nanopores

(2011) Nicholas A. W. Bell et al.   NANO LETTERS

Layer-by-layer removal of insulating few-layer mica flakes for asymmetric ultra-thin nanopore fabrication

(2011) Jun Gao et al.   Nano Research

Biomolecular conjugation inside synthetic polymer nanopores via glycoprotein–lectin interactions

(2011) Mubarak Ali et al.   Nanoscale

Effect of nanopore geometry on ion current rectification

(2011) Pavel Yu Apel et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

The crystal structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel

(2011) Jian Payandeh et al.   NATURE

Electric-field-induced wetting and dewetting in single hydrophobic nanopores

(2011) Matthew R. Powell et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nanopore sensors for nucleic acid analysis

(2011) Bala Murali Venkatesan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Single-molecule transport across an individual biomimetic nuclear pore complex

(2011) Stefan W. Kowalczyk et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Local electrical potential detection of DNA by nanowire–nanopore sensors

(2011) Ping Xie et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A Nanochannel/Nanoparticle-Based Filtering and Sensing Platform for Direct Detection of a Cancer Biomarker in Blood

(2011) Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz et al.   Small

Water Confinement in Hydrophobic Nanopores. Pressure-Induced Wetting and Drying

(2010) Sergei Smirnov et al.   ACS Nano

Ion Transport in Nanofluidic Funnels

(2010) John M. Perry et al.   ACS Nano

Energy Harvesting with Single-Ion-Selective Nanopores: A Concentration-Gradient-Driven Nanofluidic Power Source

(2010) Wei Guo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Integrating Ionic Gate and Rectifier Within One Solid-State Nanopore via Modification with Dual-Responsive Copolymer Brushes

(2010) Wei Guo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A pH-Gating Ionic Transport Nanodevice: Asymmetric Chemical Modification of Single Nanochannels

(2010) Xu Hou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching of Silicon: A Review

(2010) Zhipeng Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A biomimetic zinc activated ion channel

(2010) Ye Tian et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Nanofluidic concentration devices for biomolecules utilizing ion concentration polarization: theory, fabrication, and applications

(2010) Sung Jae Kim et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Block copolymer based composition and morphology control in nanostructured hybrid materials for energy conversion and storage: solar cells, batteries, and fuel cells

(2010) M. Christopher Orilall et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Current Rectification in Temperature-Responsive Single Nanopores

(2010) Wei Guo et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Label-free voltammetric immunosensor using a nanoporous membrane based platform

(2010) Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

Biomimetic ionic rectifier systems: Asymmetric modification of single nanochannels by ion sputtering technology

(2010) Ye Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Responsive Polymers End-Tethered in Solid-State Nanochannels: When Nanoconfinement Really Matters

(2010) Mario Tagliazucchi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polyelectrolytes into Ionic Current Rectifying Solid-State Nanopores: Insights from Theory and Experiment

(2010) Mubarak Ali et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

DNA Translocation through Graphene Nanopores

(2010) Christopher A. Merchant et al.   NANO LETTERS

Graphene as a subnanometre trans-electrode membrane

(2010) S. Garaj et al.   NATURE

Direct seawater desalination by ion concentration polarization

(2010) Sung Jae Kim et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Identifying single nucleotides by tunnelling current

(2010) Makusu Tsutsui et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nanopore DNA sequencing with MspA

(2010) I. M. Derrington et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fabrication of Stable Single Nanochannels with Controllable Ionic Rectification

(2010) Xu Hou et al.   Small

Bioinspired Smart Gating of Nanochannels Toward Photoelectric-Conversion Systems

(2009) Liping Wen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Gating Characteristics of Thermo-Responsive Membranes with Grafted Linear and Crosslinked Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gates

(2009) Y.-C. Chen et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Engineered voltage-responsive nanopores

(2009) Zuzanna S. Siwy et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Nanofluidic diodes

(2009) Li-Jing Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A Biomimetic Potassium Responsive Nanochannel: G-Quadruplex DNA Conformational Switching in a Synthetic Nanopore

(2009) Xu Hou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthetic Proton-Gated Ion Channels via Single Solid-State Nanochannels Modified with Responsive Polymer Brushes

(2009) Basit Yameen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Translocation of double-stranded DNA through membrane-adapted phi29 motor protein nanopores

(2009) David Wendell et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Principles and applications of nanofluidic transport

(2009) W. Sparreboom et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Diode-like ion-track asymmetric nanopores: Some alternative methods of fabrication

(2009) P.Yu. Apel et al.   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

Nanofluidic Ionic Diodes. Comparison of Analytical and Numerical Solutions

(2008) Ivan Vlassiouk et al.   ACS Nano

Control of ionic transport through gated single conical nanopores

(2008) Eric B. Kalman et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Electron beam nanosculpting of suspended graphene sheets

(2008) Michael D. Fischbein et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Gating of Single Synthetic Nanopores by Proton-Driven DNA Molecular Motors

(2008) Fan Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ion Current Rectification at Nanopores in Glass Membranes

(2008) Henry S. White et al.   LANGMUIR

Ionic Selectivity of Single Nanochannels

(2008) Ivan Vlassiouk et al.   NANO LETTERS

Block copolymer nanostructures

(2008) Thomas Smart et al.   Nano Today

Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

(2008) Mark A. Shannon et al.   NATURE

The potential and challenges of nanopore sequencing

(2008) Daniel Branton et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rectification in synthetic conical nanopores: A one-dimensional Poisson-Nernst-Planck model

(2008) I. D. Kosińska et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores

(2008) F. Fornasiero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chemically-modified nanopores for sensing

(2008) Róbert E. Gyurcsányi   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY