Controllable Water Channel Gating of Nanometer Dimensions
Journal of the American Chemical Society2005Vol. 127(19), pp. 7166–7170
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Abstract
The dynamics of water molecules in a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) under continuous deformations was studied with molecular dynamics simulations. The flux and occupancy remain almost fixed within a deformation of 2.0 A but decrease sharply for a further deformation of 0.6 A. The nanopore is an excellent on-off gate that is both effectively resistant to deformation noises and sensitive to available signals. Biological water channels are expected to share this advantage due to similar wavelike water distributions. The minimal external force required for triggering an open-close transition falls within the working range of many available experimental facilities, which provides the possibility of developing SWNT-based nanoscale devices.
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