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Thayumanavan Research Group

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Department of Chemistry



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Elamprakash N. Savariar, K. Krishnamoorthy, S. Thayumanavan. Molecular discrimination inside polymer nanotubules.

Nature Nanotechnology. AOP.

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.6


This paper is highlighted by Lane A. Baker &  Sean P. Bird,

Nanopores: A makeover for membranes (Link)


“A straightforward method for coating nanopore membranes with functional polymers puts a new face on an old friend by enabling the size and adsorption properties of the pores to be easily tuned.”


Nature Nanotechnology paper also featured on Nanowerk.com

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