Artificial Water Channels: Towards Biomimetic Membranes for Desalination

Natural Aquaporin (AQP) channels are efficient water translocating proteins, rejecting ions. Inspired by this masterpiece of nature, Artificial Water Channels (AWCs) with controlled functional structures, can be potentially used to mimic the AQPs to a certain extent, offering flexible avenues toward...

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Published in:Chemistry : a European journal Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 2224 - 2239
Main Authors: Huang, Li‐Bo, Di Vincenzo, Maria, Li, Yuhao, Barboiu, Mihail
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2021
Wiley-VCH Verlag
Subjects:
Aquaporins
Aquaporins - metabolism
bilayer membranes
biomimetic
Biomimetic Materials - metabolism
Biomimetics
Channels
Chemical Sciences
Chemistry
Desalination
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Sciences
Membranes
Membranes, Artificial
Molecular Mimicry
Salinity
self-assembly
Sodium Chloride - isolation & purification
Water - chemistry
water channels
Water purification
Water transport
self-assembly
desalination
bilayer membranes
biomimetic
water channels
ISSN:0947-6539, 1521-3765, 1521-3765
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Summary:Natural Aquaporin (AQP) channels are efficient water translocating proteins, rejecting ions. Inspired by this masterpiece of nature, Artificial Water Channels (AWCs) with controlled functional structures, can be potentially used to mimic the AQPs to a certain extent, offering flexible avenues toward biomimetic membranes for water purification. The objective of this paper is to trace the historical development and significant advancements of current reported AWCs. Meanwhile, we attempt to reveal important structural insights and supramolecular self‐assembly principles governing the selective water transport mechanisms, toward innovative AWC‐based biomimetic membranes for desalination. Desalination membranes: The prime objective of Artificial Water Channels (AWC) is to explore the naturally evolved water translocation pathways and assess the possibilities of using them as the basis for ‘engineered’ desalination processes of enhanced performance. This review proposes to find an easily scalable AWC approach that could be immediately applied to desalination systems to increase their energy efficiency.
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ISSN:0947-6539
1521-3765
1521-3765
DOI:10.1002/chem.202003470