Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 13, Issue 25, Pages 11232-11241Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07733j
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- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
- CONICET
- DAAD
- GSI
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata [PPID-X867]
- CONICET [PIP-0370]
- ANPCyT [PICT-2017-1523, PICT2016-1680]
- LOEWE project iNAPO - Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Arts
- Sistema Nacional de rayos X (SNRX), Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion de La Nacion Argentina
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This study presents a novel nanofluidic device based on solid-state nanochannels, fabricated through a combination of silane chemistry and ALD technologies. The device exhibits highly selective and reversible response towards borate/fructose exposure, switching between ON and OFF states based on surface charge variation resulting from borate binding. This work provides a promising framework for the development of new nanochannel-based platforms suitable for multiple applications.
Recently, much scientific effort has been centered on the control of the ionic transport properties of solid state nanochannels and the rational design and integration of chemical systems to induce changes in the ionic transport by means of interactions with selected target molecules. Here, we report the fabrication of a novel nanofluidic device based on solid-state nanochannels, which combines silane chemistry with both track-etched and atomic layer deposition (ALD) technologies. Nanodevice construction involves the coating of bullet-shaped single-pore nanochannels with silica (SiO2) by ALD and subsequent surface modification by reaction between silanol groups exposed on pore walls and N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)-gluconamide, in order to create a gluconamide-decorated nanochannel surface. The formation of a boroester derivative resulting from the selective reaction of borate with the appended saccharides leads to important changes in the surface charge density and, concomitantly, in the iontronic properties of the nanochannel. Furthermore, we propose a binding model to rationalize the specific interaction saccharide-borate in the surface. Besides, this unique nanodevice exhibits a highly selective and reversible response towards borate/fructose exposure. On the basis of the surface charge variation resulting from borate binding, the nanochannel can reversibly switch between ON and OFF states in the presence of borate and fructose, respectively. In addition, this work describes the first report of the functionalization of PET/SiO2 nanochannels by the ALD technique. We believe that this work provides a promising framework for the development of new nanochannel-based platforms suitable for multiple applications, such as water quality monitoring or directed molecular transport and separation.
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