Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 57, Issue 51, Pages 16708-16712Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809627
Keywords
light-driven processes; mass transport; molecular motors; nanochannels; photoisomerism
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFA0206904, 2017YFA0206900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21625303, 51673206, 21434003]
- Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [QYZDY-SSW-SLH014]
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In nature, biological machines and motors can selectively transport cargoes across the lipid membranes to efficiently perform various physiological functions via ion channels or ion pumps. It is interesting and challengeable to develop artificial motors and machines of nanodimensions to controllably regulate mass transport in compartmentalized systems. In this work, we show a system of artificial molecular motors that uses light energy to perform transmembrane molecule transport through synthetical nanochannels. After functionalizing the polymer nanochannels with azobenzene derivatives, these nanomachines exhibit autonomous selective transport behavior over a long distance upon simultaneous irradiation with UV (365 nm) and visible (430 nm) light. With new strategies or suitable materials for directed molecular movement, such device can be regarded as a precursor of artificial light-driven molecular pumps.
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