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Membranes: Carbon Nanotube Porins in Amphiphilic Block Copolymers as Fully Synthetic Mimics of Biological Membranes (Adv. Mater. 51/2018)
Author(s) -
Sanborn Jeremy R.,
Chen Xi,
Yao YunChiao,
Hammons Joshua A.,
Tunuguntla Ramya H.,
Zhang Yuliang,
Newcomb Christina C.,
Soltis Jennifer A.,
Yoreo James J.,
Buuren Anthony,
Parikh Atul N.,
Noy Aleksandr
Publication year - 2018
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.201870392
Subject(s) - membrane , carbon nanotube , materials science , polymersome , amphiphile , copolymer , nanotube , nanotechnology , vesicle , hydrogen peroxide , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , chemistry , polymer , biochemistry , composite material , engineering
In article number 1803355 , Aleksandr Noy and co‐workers describe how carbon nanotube porins in polymersome block‐copolymer membranes mimic the hierarchical organization of a biological membrane with nanotube channels enabling highly efficient transport of water protons and ions through the impermeable membrane barrier. Several luminol molecules are seen here traveling through the nanotube porins to reach the vesicle interior where they will eventually react with the protein and hydrogen peroxide to generate chemiluminescence.