Field-effect reconfigurable nanofluidic ionic diodes

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Guan, Weihua ^a   Fan, Rong ^a,b   Reed, Mark A ^a,b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; CATION; NANOCHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIODE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; NANOFLUIDIC FIELD EFFECT RECONFIGURABLE DIODE; NANOFLUIDICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STIMULUS;

EID: 80055062533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1514     Document Type: Article

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