Biomimetic and bio‐inspired membranes draw great attention and generate extensive efforts
to solve environmental, health, and energy issues. In this field, track‐etched membranes …

Biomimetic approaches to develo** membranes for separations have seen a renewed
interest in recent years. Biomimetic membranes incorporate biological elements or borrow …

Nanopore platform holds a great fascination that attracts increasing interests in research and
leads the development of various domains. Herein we first briefly introduce the …

Transport of ions through pores in membranes is a process of fundamental importance to
cell biology. In living organisms, such transport is facilitated by ion channels that utilize the …

In nature, ion channels are highly selective pores and act as gate to ensure selective ion
transport, allowing ions to cross the membrane. By mimicking them, single solid state …

Since their introduction in 2001, solid-state nanopores have been increasingly exploited for
the detection and characterization of biomolecules ranging from single DNA strands to …

By imitating the exceptional compositions, structures, formations and functions of biological
or natural materials, a myriad of biomimetic and bioinspired membranes have been …

Through recent advances in nanotechnology and molecular engineering, biomimetics–the
development of synthetic systems that imitate biological structures and processes–is now …

Within biological systems, natural channels and pores transport metabolites across the cell
membranes. Researchers have explored artificial ion-channel architectures as potential …

The field of solid-state nanopores and nanochannels has grown exponentially in the past
five years. Recent advances have greatly broadened the spectrum of available gating …