A hydrophobic gating mechanism for nanopores

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 51, 2001, Pages 12902-12905

  Beckstein, Oliver ^a   Biggin, Philip C ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPORES;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; POROSITY; WATER;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0035961071     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp012233y     Document Type: Article

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