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Book cover Bio-inspired Asymmetric Design and Building of Biomimetic Smart Single Nanochannels

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Over millions of years, complex processes of intelligent control have been evolved in nature. Structures from nature have remarkable properties, many of which have inspired laboratory research. Bio-inspired materials and devices are attracting increasing interest because of their unique properties, which have paved the way to many significant applications [1–3]. For example, ion channels play a very important role in basic biochemical processes and maintaining normal physiological conditions in cells. In this chapter, it is intended to utilize a specific responsive behavior as an example to demonstrate the feasibility of various design strategies for building bio-inspired artificial functional nanochannels. This specific responsive behavior is to regulate ionic transport properties inside the single nanopore or nanochannel. It is also intended to provide an overview of this fascinating research filed.

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Hou, X. (2013). Introduction. In: Bio-inspired Asymmetric Design and Building of Biomimetic Smart Single Nanochannels. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38050-1_1

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