One of the most serious global challenges of this century is water scarcity, stemming primarily from the growing demand for freshwater and the depletion of freshwater resources. Water desalination has the potential to address this problem, but current technologies are expensive and inadequate. Here, we present novel, computationally designed channels with high water permeability and selectivity against ions, inspired by natural water channels, aquaporins. Aquaporin\u27s unique property of transporting water while rejecting protons and other ions has led to numerous studies on incorporating such channels into different membranes for water purification applications. However, use of an aquaporin-incorporated membrane is limited by the high pro...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are biological water channels known for fast water transport (∼10<sup>8</sup>–10<s...
A molecular scale understanding of the fast and selective water transport in biological water channe...
International audienceIn biology, metabolite transport across cell membranes occurs through natural ...
Ion channel proteins form nanopores in biological membranes which allow the passage of ions and wate...
Molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the function of hydrophobic gates within models of ...
Membranes for liquid and gas separations and ion transport are critical to water purification, osmot...
The transbilayer pores formed by ion channel proteins contain extended columns of water molecules. T...
The transbilayer pores formed by ion channel proteins contain extended columns of water molecules. T...
International audienceArtificial water channels (AWCs) have been designed for water transport across...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are naturally occurring water channel proteins. They can facilitate water molecule...
Ion channels are proteins which form gated nanopores in biological membranes. Many channels exhibit ...
Artificial water channels (AWCs) are synthetic mimics of biological water channel proteins, aquapori...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are biological water channels known for fast water transport (~108-109 molecules/s...
The microscopic properties of water in narrow pores are relevant to the function of ion channels and...
The transport of water and ions across mimicked nanotube membranes with pseudo atoms is studied usin...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are biological water channels known for fast water transport (∼10<sup>8</sup>–10<s...
A molecular scale understanding of the fast and selective water transport in biological water channe...
International audienceIn biology, metabolite transport across cell membranes occurs through natural ...
Ion channel proteins form nanopores in biological membranes which allow the passage of ions and wate...
Molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the function of hydrophobic gates within models of ...
Membranes for liquid and gas separations and ion transport are critical to water purification, osmot...
The transbilayer pores formed by ion channel proteins contain extended columns of water molecules. T...
The transbilayer pores formed by ion channel proteins contain extended columns of water molecules. T...
International audienceArtificial water channels (AWCs) have been designed for water transport across...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are naturally occurring water channel proteins. They can facilitate water molecule...
Ion channels are proteins which form gated nanopores in biological membranes. Many channels exhibit ...
Artificial water channels (AWCs) are synthetic mimics of biological water channel proteins, aquapori...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are biological water channels known for fast water transport (~108-109 molecules/s...
The microscopic properties of water in narrow pores are relevant to the function of ion channels and...
The transport of water and ions across mimicked nanotube membranes with pseudo atoms is studied usin...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are biological water channels known for fast water transport (∼10<sup>8</sup>–10<s...
A molecular scale understanding of the fast and selective water transport in biological water channe...
International audienceIn biology, metabolite transport across cell membranes occurs through natural ...