title: Colloidal Synthesis of Lettuce-like Copper Sulfide for Light-Gating Heterogeneous Nanochannels.
abstract: Lettuce-like CuxS micron particles were successfully prepared by a colloidal hot-injection method, and the preliminary evaluation of the light-gating artificial ionic nanochannels designed using these particles was also demonstrated. A likely underlying mechanism behind the formation of the lettuce architecture was tentatively proposed via monitoring the evolution process. These particles are hydrophobic and possess a high surface area that can readily absorb the light-responsive 1,3,3-trimethylindolino-6'-nitrobenzopyrylospiran (Spiro) molecules. Finally, the heterogeneous nanochannels were constructed by spin-coating the preprepared CuxS particles loaded with Spiro onto the commercially available anodic alumina (AAO) substrate. The AAO-CuxS/Spiro heterogeneous nanochannels "close" under illumination of ultraviolet light (365 nm) and then "open" by visible light irradiation, which exhibits a regulated ionic transport property with good responsive switchability and stability.
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wenhua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhishan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bo
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
keywords: copper sulfide; heterogeneous nanochannels; lettuce architecture; light-gating