Physics – Classical Physics
Scientific paper
2007-12-20
Physics
Classical Physics
27 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031131
Ion transport in biological and synthetic nanochannels is characterized by phenomena such as ion current fluctuations and rectification. Recently, it has been demonstrated that nanofabricated synthetic pores can mimic transport properties of biological ion channels [P. Yu. Apel, {\it et al.}, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B {\bf 184}, 337 (2001); Z. Siwy, {\it et al.}, Europhys. Lett. {\bf 60}, 349 (2002)]. Here, the ion current rectification is studied within a reduced 1D Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) model of synthetic nanopores. A conical channel of a few $\mathrm{nm}$ to a few hundred of nm in diameter, and of few $\mu$m long is considered in the limit where the channel length considerably exceeds the Debye screening length. The rigid channel wall is assumed to be weakly charged. A one-dimensional reduction of the three-dimensional problem in terms of corresponding entropic effects is put forward. The ion transport is described by the non-equilibrium steady-state solution of the 1D Poisson-Nernst-Planck system within a singular perturbation treatment. An analytic formula for the approximate rectification current in the lowest order perturbation theory is derived. A detailed comparison between numerical results and the singular perturbation theory is presented. The crucial importance of the asymmetry in the potential jumps at the pore ends on the rectification effect is demonstrated. This so constructed 1D theory is shown to describe well the experimental data in the regime of small-to-moderate electric currents.
Goychuk Igor
Hänggi Peter
Kosińska Ilona Dominika
Kostur Marcin
Schmid Gerhard
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