Experimental observation of nonlinear ionic transport at the nanometer scale

Diego Krapf; Bernadette M. Quinn; Meng Yue Wu; Henny W. Zandbergen; Cees Dekker; Serge G. Lemay

doi:10.1021/nl0619453

Experimental observation of nonlinear ionic transport at the nanometer scale

Diego Krapf, Bernadette M. Quinn, Meng Yue Wu, Henny W. Zandbergen, Cees Dekker, Serge G. Lemay^*

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Nanometer-sized electrodes are used to probe the transport of ions in liquid by monitoring heterogeneous electrochemical reactions. We observe pronounced nonlinearities of ion flux versus concentration when transport is localized within a region smaller than 10 nm. We show that these observations cannot be explained using conventional continuum, mean-field descriptions of ionic transport. The data indicate that these deviations are caused by the high flux of charged species that is achieved at nanometer-sized electrodes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2531-2535
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano letters
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0619453
Publication status	Published - Nov 2006
Externally published	Yes

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