Smart thin film membranes adopt properties of guest molecules

摘要

Virginia Tech University researchers announced last year that they had created a nanostructured membrane that incorporates DNA base pairs in order to impart molecular recognition and binding ability to the synthet ic material.This year they will show for the first time that these new films,membranes,and elastomers are compatible with diverse organic and inorganic mole cules and will adopt properties of the guest molecules.