Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2010-01-06
Nano Lett., 2010, 10 (7), pp 2674-2678
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
5 pages, 5 figures, revised version
Scientific paper
10.1021/nl1014734
Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that, when subject to a periodic external electric field, a nanopore in ionic solution acts as a capacitor with memory (memcapacitor) at various frequencies and strengths of the electric field. Most importantly, the hysteresis loop of this memcapacitor shows both negative and diverging capacitance as a function of the voltage. The origin of this effect stems from the slow polarizability of the ionic solution due to the finite mobility of ions in water. We develop a microscopic quantitative model which captures the main features we observe in the simulations and suggest experimental tests of our predictions. We also suggest a possible memory mechanism due to the transport of ions through the nanopore itself, which may be observed at small frequencies. These effects may be important in both DNA sequencing proposals using nanopores and possibly in the dynamics of action potentials in neurons.
Krems Matt
Pershin Yuriy V.
Ventra Massimiliano Di
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