Active porous transition towards spatiotemporal control of molecular flow in a crystal membrane

Yuichi Takasaki and Satoshi Takamizawa ()
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Yuichi Takasaki: Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University
Satoshi Takamizawa: Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: Abstract Fluidic control is an essential technology widely found in processes such as flood control in land irrigation and cell metabolism in biological tissues. In any fluidic control system, valve function is the key mechanism used to actively regulate flow and miniaturization of fluidic regulation with precise workability will be particularly vital in the development of microfluidic control. The concept of crystal engineering is alternative to processing technology in microstructure construction, as the ultimate microfluidic devices must provide molecular level control. Consequently, microporous crystals can instantly be converted to microfluidic devices if introduced in an active transformability of porous structure and geometry. Here we show that the introduction of a stress-induced martensitic transition mechanism converts a microporous molecular crystal into an active fluidic device with spatiotemporal molecular flow controllability through mechanical reorientation of subnanometre channels.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9934

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