A biomimetic mercury(II)-gated single nanochannel.

A simple biomimetic mercury(II)-gated single nanochannel has been developed by incorporating a mercury(II) responsive single stranded DNA (ssDNA) with thymine-thymine (T-T) bases into a single polymetic nanochannel.

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