Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

Innovative design of smart organic materials is of great importance for the advancement of
modern technology. Macrocycle hosts, possessing cyclic skeletons, intrinsic cavities, and …

The combination of catalysis and transport across lipid bilayer membranes promises
directional access to a solvent-free and structured nanospace that could accelerate …

Supramolecular polymers have attracted considerable interest due to their intriguing
features and functions. The dynamic reversibility of noncovalent interactions endows …

Unlike many other biologically relevant ions (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Cl−, etc) and protons, whose
cellular concentrations are closely regulated by highly selective channel proteins, Li+ ion is …

The structures of hierarchically assembled supramolecular architectures are dictated
characteristically by the encoded symmetries and geometries of the corresponding building …

In this work, we explored the practicability of a nanochannel-based biomimetic membrane
(NBM) incorporating pillar [5] arene water channels for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) …

Different types of natural K+ channels share similar core modules and cation permeability
characteristics. In this study, we have developed novel artificial K+ channels by rebuilding …

The development of stimuli‐responsive artificial H+/Cl− ion channels, capable of specifically
disturbing the intracellular ion homeostasis of cancer cells, presents an intriguing …

Transport of water across cell membranes is a fundamental process for important biological
functions. Herein, we focused our research on a new type of symmetrical saccharide rim …