Voltage gated ion and molecule transport in engineered nanochannels: Theory, fabrication and applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Guan, Weihua ^a   Li, Sylvia Xin ^a   Reed, Mark A ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

electrofluidics; nanofluidics; voltage gated nanochannels

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFLUIDICS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FIELD EFFECT CONTROLS; IONIC AND MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NANO CHANNELS; NANO-METER SCALE; TRANSPORT THEORY;

ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOFLUIDICS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 84896892306     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/12/122001     Document Type: Review

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