Pressure Induced Enlargement and Ionic Current Rectification in Symmetric Nanopores
arXiv:2007.12083 · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03083
Abstract
Nanopores in solid state membranes are a tool able to probe nanofluidic phenomena or can act as a single molecular sensor. They also have diverse applications in filtration, desalination or osmotic power generation. Many of these applications involve chemical, or hydrostatic pressure differences, which act on both the supporting membrane and the ion transport through the pore. By using pressure differences between the sides of the membrane, and an alternating current approach to probe ion transport, we investigate two distinct physical phenomena: the elastic deformation of the membrane through the measurment of strain at the nanopore, and the growth of ionic current rectification with pressure due to pore entrance effects.
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