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Bioinspired Smart Gating of Nanochannels Toward Photoelectric‐Conversion Systems
Author(s) -
Wen Liping,
Hou Xu,
Tian Ye,
Nie FuQiang,
Song Yanlin,
Zhai Jin,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200903161
Subject(s) - gating , nanotechnology , biomimetics , materials science , mechanism (biology) , photoelectric effect , biomimetic materials , smart material , optoelectronics , physics , neuroscience , biology , quantum mechanics
Learning from nature has inspired the creation of intelligent materials to better understand and imitate biology. Recent studies on bioinspired responsive surfaces that can switch between different states are shown, which open up new avenues for the development of smart materials in two dimensions. Based on this strategy, biomimetic nanochannel systems have been produced by introducing responsive molecules, which closely mimic the gating mechanism of biological nanochannels and show potential applications in many fields such as photoelectric‐conversion systems demonstrated in this paper.