Membranes: Carbon Nanotube Porins in Amphiphilic Block Copolymers as Fully Synthetic Mimics of Biological Membranes (Adv. Mater. 51/2018). Issue 51 (17th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sanborn, Jeremy R.; Chen, Xi; Yao, Yun‐Chiao; Hammons, Joshua A.; Tunuguntla, Ramya H.; Zhang, Yuliang; Newcomb, Christina C.; Soltis, Jennifer A.; De Yoreo, James J.; Van Buuren, Anthony; Parikh, Atul N.; Noy, Aleksandr
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 30:Issue 51(2018)
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• Publication Date: 2018-12-17
• Subjects: artificial membranes -- carbon nanotube porins -- carbon nanotubes -- fast transport -- polymersomes; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201870392
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : In article number1803355, 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.