Ion, particle, and fluid transport in nanofluidic devices has received considerable attention
over the past two decades due to unique transport properties exhibited at the nanoscale. 1 …

Lab‐on‐a‐chip has been used widely in rapid, high‐throughput and low‐consumption
analysis of samples in biochemistry. The ion concentration polarization (ICP) produced by …

Experiments have shown that the conductance of conical channels, filled with an aqueous
electrolyte, can strongly depend on the history of the applied voltage. These channels hence …

Energy production is one of today's most pressing issues. Finding alternative energy
sources has become one of the hottest research areas for scholars due to the limited use of …

Aptamers that undergo conformational changes upon small-molecule recognition have been
shown to gate the ionic flux through nanopores by rearranging the charge density within the …

We report artificial nanopores in the form of quartz nanopipettes with ca. 10 nm orifices
functionalized with molecular recognition elements termed aptamers that reversibly …

Ionic current rectification (ICR) of charged conical nanopores has various applications in
fields including nanofluidics, biosensing, and energy conversion, whose function is closely …

Ion current rectification that occurs in conical-shaped glass nanopores in low ionic strength
solutions is shown to be dependent on the rate of pressure-driven electrolyte flow through …

Because of their asymmetry, conical nanochannels/nanopores exhibit various attractive
electrokinetic features, including ion selectivity, ionic concentration polarization, and ionic …

Fundamental understanding of ion transport phenomena in nanopores is crucial for
designing the next-generation nanofluidic devices. Due to surface reactions of dissociable …