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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02198-5
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21774005, 21433012, 21374001, 21222309]
- National Youth Talent Support Program
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- China Scholarship Council [201506025110]
- National Instrumentation Program [2013YQ120355]
- NSF [DMR-1310266]
- Harvard MRSEC [DMR-1420570]
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Smart regulation of substance permeability through porous membranes is highly desirable for membrane applications. Inspired by the stomatal closure feature of plant leaves at relatively high temperature, here we report a nano-gating membrane with a negative temperature-response coefficient that is capable of tunable water gating and precise small molecule separation. The membrane is composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) covalently bound to graphene oxide via free-radical polymerization. By virtue of the temperature tunable lamellar spaces of the graphene oxide nanosheets, the water permeance of the membrane could be reversibly regulated with a high gating ratio. Moreover, the space tunability endows the membrane with the capability of gradually separating multiple molecules of different sizes. This nano-gating membrane expands the scope of temperature-responsive membranes and has great potential applications in smart gating systems and molecular separation.
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