Fast nonlinear ion transport via field-induced hydrodynamic slip in sub-20-nm hydrophilic nanofluidic transistors

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1315-1319

  Vermesh, Udi ^a   Choi, Jang Wook ^b,c   Vermesh, Ophir ^b   Fan, Rong ^b   Nagarah, John ^b   Heath, James R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SURFACES; CHANNEL WIDTHS; DEBYE SCREENING LENGTHS; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORTS; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; ION TRANSPORTS; LOW IONIC STRENGTHS; NANOFLUIDIC TRANSISTORS; SLIP CONDITIONS; SOURCE DRAINS;

DRAIN CURRENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 65249161562     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl802931r     Document Type: Article

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