Phys.org  April 19, 2023 Two essential features of intelligent transport are the ability to adapt to different external and internal conditions and memorize the previous state. In biological systems, the most common form of such intelligence is expressed as hysteresis. Despite numerous advances made over previous decades on smart membranes, it remains a challenge to create a synthetic membrane with stable hysteretic behaviour for molecular transport. Researchers in the UK demonstrated the memory effects and stimuli-regulated transport of molecules through an intelligent, phase-changing MoS2 membrane in response to external pH. They showed that water and ion permeation through 1T′ MoS2 […]