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Anal Chim Acta. 2018 Dec 18;1039:132-139. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.07.056. Epub 2018 Jul 25.

Potassium-induced ionic conduction through a single nanofluidic pore modified with acyclic polyether derivative.

Analytica chimica acta

Mubarak Ali, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Saima Nasir, Ivana Duznovic, Christof M Niemeyer, Wolfgang Ensinger

Affiliations

  1. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Material- u, Geowissenschaften, Fachgebiet Materialanalytik, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 2, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany; GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz, D-76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
  3. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Material- u, Geowissenschaften, Fachgebiet Materialanalytik, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 2, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.

PMID: 30322544 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.07.056

Abstract

Solid-state nanofluidic pores have been attracting considerable attention of scientific community because of their structural and chemical resemblance with biological ion channels for mimicking biological processes in living systems. Compared to ion channels, synthetic nanopores exhibit high stability, control over pore dimensions (size and geometry) and their surface chemical properties can be tuned on demand. Therefore, they are considered perfect candidates to design and develop nanofluidic sensory devices by introducing a variety of functional moieties on the inner pore surface. Here, we present a nanofluidic pore for the recognition of potassium cations using acyclic polyether derivative in confined environment. To this end, amine terminated acyclic polyether derivative (bis-podand-NH

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Keywords: Acyclic polyether; Cation analysis; Chemical functionalization; Current rectification; Host–guest interactions; Synthetic nanopores; Track-etching

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