Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2011-03-14
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
4 pages, 3 figures, small changes to text
Scientific paper
Understanding the dynamics of ions in nanopores is essential for applications ranging from single-molecule detection to DNA sequencing. We show both analytically and by means of molecular dynamics simulations that under specific conditions ion-ion interactions in nanopores lead to the phenomenon of ionic Coulomb blockade, namely the build-up of ions inside a nanopore with specific capacitance impeding the flow of additional ions due to Coulomb repulsion. This is the counterpart of electronic Coulomb blockade observed in mesoscopic systems. We discuss the analogies and differences with the electronic case as well as experimental situations in which this phenomenon could be detected.
Krems Matt
Ventra Massimiliano Di
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