title: The Dynamics, energetics and selectivity of water chain-containing aquapores created by the self-assembly of aquafoldamer molecules.
abstract: Through a series of crystallographic snapshots of water chain-containing aquapores formed from numerous one-dimensionally aligned aquafoldamer molecules 2, we demonstrated here (1) a preferential recognition of the water molecules over methanol molecules by the assembled cavity-containing aquapores with a selectivity factor of at least 17.7, (2) the dynamic nature of the water chains and the aquapores in response to varying external stimuli that exert the most influential impact on the aromatic π-π stacking in the aquapores and (3) the aquapores undergo a significant rearrangement in order to accommodate water, rather than methanol, molecules.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, 510006, China. yphuo@gdut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wenliang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, 510006, China. yphuo@gdut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chunquan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, 510006, China. yphuo@gdut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Juntong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, 510006, China. yphuo@gdut.edu.cn and School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Wuyi University, 99 Yingbin Road, Jiangmen, Guangdong, 529020, China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, 510006, China. yphuo@gdut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu-Jing
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong, 510006, China. yphuo@gdut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yanping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669. hqzeng@ibn.a-star.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Huaqiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D020346:Aquaporins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010539:Permeability; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020346:Aquaporins; D014867:Water; D000432:Methanol