Porous materials with a pore diameter at the nanometric scale.

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Engineered materials with nanoscale holes, used in filters, sensors, and diffraction gratings. In DNA sequencing, nanoporous materials have tiny holes that allow DNA to pass through one strand at a time. In biology, complex protein assemblies that span cell membranes allow ionic transport across the otherwise impermeable lipid bilayer.

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Engineered materials with nanoscale holes, used in filters, sensors, and diffraction gratings. In DNA sequencing, nanoporous materials have tiny holes that allow DNA to pass through one strand at a time. In biology, complex protein assemblies that span cell membranes allow ionic transport across the otherwise impermeable lipid bilayer.

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