Fabrication of Nanochannels

Materials

Yuqi Zhang²  Xiang-Yu Kong¹  Loujun Gao²  Ye Tian³  Liping Wen¹  Lei Jiang¹ 

[1] Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; E-Mails:;College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yan’an University, Yan’an 716000, Shaanxi, China; E-Mails:;Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; E-Mail:

关键词: 1D nanochannels;    biomimetic nanodevices;    ionic rectification;    biotic materials;    nanopore;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma8095304

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Nature has inspired the fabrication of intelligent devices to meet the needs of the advanced community and better understand the imitation of biology. As a biomimetic nanodevice, nanochannels/nanopores aroused increasing interest because of their potential applications in nanofluidic fields. In this review, we have summarized some recent results mainly focused on the design and fabrication of one-dimensional nanochannels, which can be made of many materials, including polymers, inorganics, biotic materials, and composite materials. These nanochannels have some properties similar to biological channels, such as selectivity, voltage-dependent current fluctuations, ionic rectification current and ionic gating, etc. Therefore, they show great potential for the fields of biosensing, filtration, and energy conversions. These advances can not only help people to understand the living processes in nature, but also inspire scientists to develop novel nanodevices with better performance for mankind.

【 授权许可】

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