Collaborative Proposal:RUI: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanopores for Motion Control of Biologically Important Molecules and Ions and Undergraduate Training in Nanopore Transport

合作提案：RUI：用于生物重要分子和离子运动控制的单壁碳纳米管纳米孔以及纳米孔传输的本科生培训

• 批准号: 1306349
• 负责人: Mark Ellison
• 金额: $ 19.15万
• 依托单位: Ursinus College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1306349&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; RUI; Single; Walled

Dr. Mark Ellison from Ursinus College and Dr. Michael Strano from MIT are supported by an award from the Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry Program of the Division of Chemistry to investigate the motion of ions and biologically relevant molecules through single-walled carbon nanotubes. Using nanotube nanopore devices fabricated at MIT, they are conducting experiments to study fundamental properties of these systems and to assess their usefulness for the nanoscale detection and control of the flow of ions and molecules. This research extends the knowledge of motion through nanopores to several important areas, including amino acids and small neutral molecules. The research also enhances our understanding of the role of nanopore properties, such as the effects of functional groups at the pore mouth and nanopore surface charge on the motion of ions and molecules through nanopores. The results of this research provide foundational knowledge of nanotube nanopores and take an important step toward utilizing them in practical devices.The undergraduate researchers at Ursinus College involved in these projects attain a variety of scientific skills. First, they obtain significant experience conducting experiments in nanoscience. They also develop their abilities to formulate, test, and revise scientific hypotheses. Additionally, the Ursinus students significantly benefit from the collaboration with MIT, which includes visits to MIT to conduct experiments with the high-grade research instrumentation there. Students involved in this research will emerge as well-trained young scientists with the tools to approach a wide range of scientific questions.

Ursinus College的Mark Ellison博士和MIT的Michael Strano博士得到了化学划分的大分子，超分子和纳米化学计划的奖项，以研究离子和生物学相关分子通过单壁处理的碳纳米管的运动。 使用MIT制造的纳米管纳米孔设备，他们正在进行实验，以研究这些系统的基本特性，并评估其对离子和分子流动的纳米级检测和控制的有用性。 这项研究将通过纳米孔的运动知识扩展到包括氨基酸和小型中性分子在内的几个重要领域。 这项研究还增强了我们对纳米孔特性作用的理解，例如功能组在孔口和纳米孔表面电荷对离子和分子通过纳米孔运动的影响。 这项研究的结果提供了纳米管纳米孔的基本知识，并迈出了在实用设备中利用它们的重要一步。参与这些项目的Ursinus College的本科研究人员获得了各种科学技能。 首先，他们获得了在纳米科学中进行实验的丰富经验。 他们还发展了制定，检验和修改科学假设的能力。 此外，Ursinus的学生与MIT的合作大大受益，其中包括对麻省理工学院的访问，使用那里的高级研究工具进行实验。 参与这项研究的学生将成为训练有素的年轻科学家，并使用这些工具来解决广泛的科学问题。

项目成果

Electrokinetic Transport of Methanol and Lithium Ions Through a 2.25-nm-Diameter Carbon Nanotube Nanopore

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12104
• 发表时间: 2017-01
• 期刊: Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: M. D. Ellison;Samuel G. Menges;Laura Nebel;Gabrielle D’Arcangelo;Anna Kramer;L. W. Drahushuk;Jesse D. Benck;S. Shimizu;M. Strano