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Area of Science:

  • Nanotechnology
  • Materials Science
  • Physical Chemistry

Background:

  • Controlling nanoscale transport through tunable pores is a significant challenge.
  • Biological pores offer a model for switchable transport, requiring precise charge manipulation.
  • Understanding confinement effects on chemistry and transport is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate confinement-controlled ionic transport in pores functionalized with pH-dependent zwitterionic polymers.
  • To explore how varying polymer amounts and pore sizes influence ion permselectivity.
  • To demonstrate tunable pore accessibility via controlled nanoscale functionalization.

Main Methods:

  • Functionalization of two pore sizes (~100 nm and <10 nm) with polycarboxybetaine methyl acrylate (PCBMA).
  • Investigation of ionic transport and permselectivity under varying pH conditions.
  • Analysis of ion exclusion and pore accessibility as a function of polymer concentration and pore size.

Main Results:

  • Zwitterionic polymers induced complex, pore-size-dependent ionic permselectivity under basic conditions.
  • Mesoporous films (<10 nm pores) showed complete ion exclusion above a critical polymer amount, indicating "bipolar charged" pore behavior.
  • Ion exclusion was not observed in larger pores (~100 nm).
  • The pH for equal accessibility of oppositely charged ions shifted from 2.5 to 8.2 with increasing polymer amount in smaller pores.
  • Ion accessibility was dependent on both pore size and polymer concentration.

Conclusions:

  • pH-dependent zwitterionic polymers enable tunable control over nanoscale pore accessibility and ion transport.
  • Spatial confinement significantly influences pore accessibility in the presence of complex zwitterionic charges.
  • This approach offers a method for nanoscale functional composition control without altering pore components, mimicking biological transport mechanisms.