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Highly Permeable and Selective Pore‐Spanning Biomimetic Membrane Embedded with Aquaporin Z
Author(s) -
Wang Honglei,
Chung TaiShung,
Tong Yen Wah,
Jeyaseelan Kandiah,
Armugam Arunmozhiarasi,
Chen Zaichun,
Hong Minghui,
Meier Wolfgang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201102120
Subject(s) - membrane , covalent bond , vesicle , aquaporin , materials science , vesicle fusion , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , biomimetics , biophysics , chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , engineering , synaptic vesicle , biology
A highly permeable yet highly selective pore‐spanning biomimetic membrane embedded with aquaporin Z is molecularly designed and constructed via a combination of pressure‐assisted vesicle adsorption and covalent‐conjugation‐driven vesicle fusion on a porous support. This approach represents a significant breakthrough in the architecture of biomimetic membranes embedded with aquaporin in a planar form.