Fabrication of a mercaptoacetic acid pillar[5]arene assembled nanochannel: a biomimetic gate for mercury poisoning† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c5sc04726a

Herein, based on biomimetic strategies, a tunable mercury(ii) ion-gate modulated by mercaptoacetic acid-pillar[5]arene (MAP5) is reported.

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