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Descreening of Field Effect in Electrically Gated Nanopores

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2010-10-07 v3 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

This modeling work investigates the electrical modulation characteristics of field-effect gated nanopores. Highly nonlinear current modulations are observed in nanopores with non-overlapping electric double layers, including those with pore diameters 100 times the Debye screening length. We attribute this extended field-effect gating to a descreening effect, i.e. the counter-ions do not fully relax to screen the gating potential due to the presence of strong ionic transport.

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@article{arxiv.1005.5187,
  title  = {Descreening of Field Effect in Electrically Gated Nanopores},
  author = {Yang Liu and David E. Huber and Vincent Tabard-Cossa and Robert W. Dutton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5187},
  year   = {2010}
}