Highly active artificial potassium channels having record-high K+/Na+ selectivity of 20.1

• Published in: Chinese chemical letters Vol. 34; no. 12; p. 108355
• Main Authors: Ma, Haowen, Ye, Ruijuan, Jin, Lei, Zhou, Shaoyuan, Ren, Changliang, Ren, Haisheng, Shen, Jie, Zeng, Huaqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Artificial membrane transporters; Artificial potassium channels; Crown ethers; Social self-sorting; Supramolecular chemistry; Transport selectivity; Artificial membrane transporters; Transport selectivity; Artificial potassium channels; Crown ethers; Social self-sorting; Supramolecular chemistry

Replicating extraordinarily high membrane transport selectivity of protein channels in artificial channel is a challenging task. In this work, we demonstrate that a strategic application of steric code-based social self-sorting offers a novel means to enhance ion transport selectivities of artificia...