• 文献标题:   Aquaporin-Incorporated Graphene-Oxide Membrane for Pressurized Desalination with Superior Integrity Enabled by Molecular Recognition
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEE CS, KIM I, YOON DS, LEE YJ
  • 作者关键词:   aquaporin, biomimetic, graphene oxide, membrane, molecular recognition
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED SCIENCE
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  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1002/advs.202101882 EA AUG 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Aquaporins (AQPs), the natural water channel, have been actively investigated for overcoming the limitations of conventional desalination membranes. An AQP-based biomimetic high-pressure desalination membrane is designed by tethering AQP-carrying red blood cell membrane (RBCM) vesicles onto graphene oxide (GO). RBCMs with AQPs are incorporated into GO based on the molecular recognition between the integrin of RBCM and Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate (RGD) ligand on the GO surface. GO is pre-functionalized with the Glycine-Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate-Serine peptide to capture RBCMs. RBCMs are inserted between GO flakes through the material-specific interaction between integrin of RBCM and RGD ligand, thus ensuring sufficient coverage of channels/defects in the GO for the full functioning of the AQPs. The incorporated AQPs are not completely fixed at the GO, as tethering is mediated by the integrin-RGD pair, and suitable AQP flexibility for appropriate functioning is guaranteed without frictional hindrance from the solid substrate. The integrity of the GO-RBCMs binding can provide mechanical strength for enduring high-pressure reverse-osmosis conditions for treating large amounts of water. This biomimetic membrane exhibits 99.1% NaCl rejection and a water permeance of 7.83 L m(-2) h(-1) bar(-1) at 8 bar with a 1000-ppm NaCl feed solution, which surpasses the upper-bound line of current state-of-the-art membranes.