Natural channel proteins are integrated into artificial membranes to facilitate the transport of ions and molecules. (sciencedaily.com)
«His main scientific achievement has been to realize the interest of combining supramolecular chemistry with facilitated transport in artificial membranes,» Guizard says. (sciencemag.org)
Chemists at the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Molecular Systems Engineering working under Professor Wolfgang Meier and Professor Cornelia Palivan from the University of Basel have now integrated three different channel proteins into artificial membranes of 9 to 13 nanometers in thickness and have measured their movements for the first time. (sciencedaily.com)