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

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18639-7

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Affiliations

Yi Di Yuan: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Jinqiao Dong: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Jie Liu: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Daohui Zhao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Hui Wu: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Wei Zhou: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Hui Xian Gan: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Yen Wah Tong: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Jianwen Jiang: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Dan Zhao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18639-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Replicating the performance of protein water channels (aquaporins) in artificial one-dimensional channels are often synthetically challenging. Here, the authors show that porous organic cages allow water permeation on the same magnitude as that of aquaporins while effectively rejecting small ions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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