Functional polymeric nanopores from cyclic peptide templates

这项研究计划将开发通过环肽/聚合物共轭物自组装制备的纳米管，作为纳米孔的应用。该项目将建立将这些材料开发成纳米多孔聚合物膜和跨膜通道所需的基础知识。该研究计划将建立新的合成路线的共轭物，确定组装成纳米管的技术，特别侧重于提高精度，我们实现结构控制，并探索使用纳米管设计纳米孔，在纳米多孔材料的制造中的应用，作为抗生素制剂和生物传感器。

This research programme will develop nanotubes prepared through the self-assembly of cyclic peptide/polymer conjugates into functional devices for applications as nanopores. The project will establish the fundamental knowledge required to develop these materials into nanoporous polymeric films and transmembrane channels. The research programme will establish new synthetic routes to the conjugates, ascertain the technique of assembly into nanotubes, with a particular focus on improving the precision with which we achieve structural control, and explore the use of the nanotubes to design nanopores, for applications in the manufacture of nanoporous materials, as antibiotic agents and as biosensors.