title: Photoswitchable membranes based on peptide-modified nanoporous anodic alumina: toward smart membranes for on-demand molecular transport.
abstract: A smart and reversibly photoswitchable membrane based on an azobenzene photo-switch containing peptides attached inside the pores of nanoporous anodic alumina membranes (NAAMs) is presented. The transport of molecules of interest across the photoswitchable peptide (PSP) functionalized NAAMs can be effectively controlled and manipulated as a function of the photostationary state of the azobenzene group in a PSP.
authors: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA-, 5005, Australia.
authors: Tushar
authors: T
authors: Kumeria
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA-, 5005, Australia.
authors: Jingxian
authors: J
authors: Yu
authors: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA-, 5005, Australia.
authors: Mohammed
authors: M
authors: Alsawat
authors: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA-, 5005, Australia.|Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, 562112, India.
authors: Mahaveer D
authors: MD
authors: Kurkuri
authors: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA-, 5005, Australia.
authors: Abel
authors: A
authors: Santos
authors: ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA-, 5005, Australia.
authors: Andrew D
authors: AD
authors: Abell
authors: School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA-, 5005, Australia.
authors: Dusan
authors: D
authors: Losic
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry; D008027:Light; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008958:Models, Molecular; D058608:Nanopores; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D004573:Electrolytes; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; C033158:sulfuric acid
keywords: nanoporous anodic alumina; nanoporous membranes; photoswitchable peptides; tunable molecular transport