Artificial ion channels with ion permeability and selectivity comparable to their biological
counterparts are highly desired for efficient separation, biosensing, and energy conversion …

Lithium is mainly extracted from brine and ores; however, current lithium mining methods
require large amounts of chemicals, discharge many wastes, and can have serious …

Bioinspired control of ion transport at the subnanoscale has become a major focus in the
fields of nanofluidics and membrane separation. It is fundamentally important to achieve …

Single-ion selectivity with high precision has long been pursued for fundamental bioinspired
engineering and applications such as in ion separation and energy conversion. However, it …

The increase of energy demand added to the concern for environmental pollution linked to
energy generation based on the combustion of fossil fuels has motivated the study and …

Dehydration is a basic phenomenon in ion transport through confined nanochannels, but
how it affects ion trans-membrane selectivity has not been understood due to a lack of …

The successful application of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) in various fields required
continuous exploration of novel ECL signal emitters. In this work, we have proposed a …

Stimuli responsive metal organic framework (MOF) materials, a subbranch of environmental
functional materials, are widely used in many frontier domains owing to their special …

Rapid industrialization and ever‐increasing global population culminate in continuous
upsurge in freshwater crisis worldwide. The most reliable and promising solution to this …

Conspectus The smart regulation of ion flow in biological ion channels (BICs) is vital to life.
In general, intelligent BICs possess three main functions:(i) to selectively transfer specific …