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Optimizing Energy Transduction of Fluctuating Signals with Nanofluidic Diodes and Load Capacitors
Vicente GomezSalvador MafePatricio RamirezMubarak AliWolfgang EnsingerJavier CerveraSaima Nasirsubject
Materials scienceNanotechnology02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry01 natural scienceslaw.inventionBiomaterialsSingle and multipore membraneslawNanosensorEnergy transformationGeneral Materials ScienceNanofluidic diodesElectronic circuitDiodeVoltage doublerbusiness.industryNanotecnologiaGeneral Chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyElectrochemical energy conversionEnergy conversion0104 chemical sciencesCapacitorFISICA APLICADAOptoelectronicsIontronicsEnergiaHybrid circuits0210 nano-technologyActuatorbusinessBiotechnologydescription
[EN] The design and experimental implementation of hybrid circuits is considered allowing charge transfer and energy conversion between nanofluidic diodes in aqueous ionic solutions and conventional electronic elements such as capacitors. The fundamental concepts involved are reviewed for the case of fluctuating zero-average external potentials acting on single pore and multipore membranes. This problem is relevant to electrochemical energy conversion and storage, the stimulus-response characteristics of nanosensors and actuators, and the estimation of the accumulative effects caused by external signals on biological ion channels. Half-wave and full-wave voltage doublers and quadruplers can scale up the transduction between ionic and electronic signals. The network designs discussed here should be useful to convert the weak signals characteristic of the micro and nanoscale into robust electronic responses by interconnecting iontronics and electronic elements.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 |