Charging a capacitor from an external fluctuating potential using a single conical nanopore

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gomez, Vicente ^a   Ramirez, Patricio ^a   Cervera, Javier ^b   Nasir, Saima ^c,d   Ali, Mubarak ^c,d   Ensinger, Wolfgang ^c   Mafe, Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Materials Research Department   (Germany)

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EID: 84926483767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09501     Document Type: Article

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