[HTML][HTML] Stimuli-responsive synthetic helical polymers

M Lago-Silva, M Fernández-Míguez… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic dynamic helical polymers (supramolecular and covalent) and foldamers share the
helix as a structural motif. Although the materials are different, these systems also share …

Progress and prospects toward supramolecular bioactive ion transporters

A Mondal, M Ahmad, D Mondal… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The majority of cellular physiological processes depend on natural ion channels, which are
pore-forming membrane-embedded proteins that let ions flow across the cell membranes …

New insights and discoveries in anion receptor chemistry

DA McNaughton, WG Ryder, AM Gilchrist, P Wang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
This review offers a broad overview of the advancements in anion receptor chemistry in
2021 and 2022. Detailed examples of acclaimed work in fundamental recognition, sensing …

Artificial Channels Based on Bottlebrush Polymers: Enhanced Ion Transport Through Polymer Topology Control

Y Lin, B Wu, Y Zeng, H Yuan, C Ji, Z Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic structures mimicking the transport function of natural ion channel proteins have a
wide range of applications, including therapeutic treatments, separation membranes …

Non‐Covalently Stapled H+/Cl Ion Channels Activatable by Visible Light for Targeted Anticancer Therapy

Q Zhong, Y Cao, X Xie, Y Wu, Z Chen… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of stimuli‐responsive artificial H+/Cl− ion channels, capable of specifically
disturbing the intracellular ion homeostasis of cancer cells, presents an intriguing …

Novel multifunctional unimolecular initiators built on natural indole featuring fast photobleaching and visible light/thermal double polymerization

S Gong, X Wu, Q Liao, S Deng, J Hou, K Tang… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Four asymmetric D–π-A–π-A′ visible light initiators (IDs) were synthesized with indole as
the electron donor (D), and the carbonyl group and oxime ester as the first and second …

Smart gating membrane based on polyzwitterion-modified SiO2 nanoparticles for water treatment and in-situ multi-modal detection

X Wang, D Zhang, G Wang, S Wang, M Si… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The smart gating membranes with stimuli-response permeation variations have attracted
tremendous interest in the field of wastewater treatment. Specifically, successful integration …

Furazan bis-ureas: a heterocyclic scaffold for anion binding and transport

WG Ryder, EG Wu, L Chen, M Fares… - Organic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The incorporation of hydrogen bonding motifs surrounding a central cyclic scaffold has
proven to be an effective method in the design of synthetic anion transpoters. Herein, we …

Stochastic Sensing of Chloride Anions Using an α‐Hemolysin Pore with a semiaza‐Bambusuril Adapter

O Reany, M Romero‐Ruiz, R Khurana… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pores containing molecular adapters provide internal selective binding sites, thereby
allowing the stochastic sensing of analytes. Herein, we demonstrate that semiaza …

Precision ion separation via self-assembled channels

S Hong, M Di Vincenzo, A Tiraferri, E Bertozzi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Selective nanofiltration membranes with accurate molecular sieving offer a solution to
recover rare metals and other valuable elements from brines. However, the development of …