[Adv.Mater.]An Artificial CO2 -Driven Ionic Gate Inspired by Olfactory Sensory Neurons in Mosquitoes
writer：Xiaomeng Shang, Ganhua Xie, Xiang-Yu Kong, Zhen Zhang, Yuqi Zhang, Wei Tian,* Liping Wen,* and Lei Jiang
keywords：CO2 -Driven Ionic Gate ,biomimetic nanochannels, non- living systems
source：期刊
specific source：Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1603884
Issue time：2017年
Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the atmosphere is one of the most important sensory cues for many animals and insects. [1] Mosquitoes, for example, can locate and navigate their hosts even at night by detecting CO2 with odorant-gated ion channels in their olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). [2] By CO 2 binding, the channels will be activated into an open state to generate action potentials, transducing the odorant signal into electric signal (Scheme 1a). Meanwhile, the biological ion channels with excellent functions suffer from a series of drawbacks, such as instability and fragility in external environment. [3] Therefore,biomimetic nanochannels are essential in applications of non-living systems and many efforts have been made to develop these systems.
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201603884/abstract