Resonantly-driven nanopores can serve as nanopumps
arXiv:2207.09212 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.264501
Abstract
Inducing transport in electrolyte-filled nanopores with dc fields has led to influential applications ranging from nanosensors to DNA sequencing. Here we use the Poisson-Nernst-Planck and Navier-Stokes equations to show that unbiased ac fields can induce comparable directional flows in gated conical nanopores. This flow exclusively occurs at intermediate driving frequencies and hinges on the resonance of two competing timescales, representing space charge development at the ends and in the interior of the pore. We summarize the physics of resonant nanopumping in an analytical model that reproduces the results of numerical simulations. Our findings provide a generic route towards real-time controllable flow patterns, which might find applications in controlling the translocation of particles such as small molecules or nanocolloids.
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