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纳米孔中的量子化离子电导

Quantized ionic conductance in nanopores

Michael Zwolak, Johan Lagerqvist, Massimiliano Di Ventra

摘要:

鉴于其在生物过程中的发生及其对新型DNA测序应用的影响,纳米孔中的离子传输是一个基本的和技术上重要的问题。使用微观计算,在这里,我们表明,离子输运可能表现出很强的非线性作为一个功能的孔半径让人想起的电导量子化步骤作为一个功能的量子点接触的横向截面。然而,在本发明的情况下,电导步骤源自水溶液中离子周围形成的水合层的破裂。一旦进入孔中,水分子由于在孔壁表面处的多次散射以及与离子周围的径向波的干涉而形成波状结构。我们讨论了这些影响,以及在何种条件下,在离子电导的阶梯状功能应该是实验观察。

英文摘要:

Ionic transport in nanopores is a fundamentally and technologically important problem in view of its occurrence in biological processes and its impact on novel DNA sequencing applications. Using microscopic calculations, here we show that ion transport may exhibit strong nonlinearities as a function of the pore radius reminiscent of the conductance quantization steps as a function of the transverse cross section of quantum point contacts. In the present case, however, conductance steps originate from the break up of the hydration layers that form around ions in aqueous solution. Once in the pore, the water molecules form wavelike structures due to multiple scattering at the surface of the pore walls and interference with the radial waves around the ion. We discuss these effects as well as the conditions under which the step-like features in the ionic conductance should be experimentally observable.

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