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Tunable rectifications in nanofluidic diodes by ion selectivity of charged polystyrene opals for osmotic energy conversion

Tianliang Xiao, Jing Ma, Zhaoyue Liu, Bingxin Lu, Jiaqiao Jiang, Xiaoyan Nie, Rifeng Luo, Jiao Jin, Qingqing Liu, Wenping Li, Jin Zhai

2020Journal of Materials Chemistry A43 citationsDOI

Abstract

An ion-selective layer based on self-assembled polystyrene opals is integrated with an alumina nanoporous membrane to form nanofluidic diodes.

Topics & Concepts

PolystyreneDiodeNanoporousMaterials scienceNanotechnologyLayer (electronics)MembraneSelectivityIonRectificationEnergy transformationOptoelectronicsNanoporeChemistryPolymerCatalysisVoltageComposite materialOrganic chemistryBiochemistryPhysicsThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsNanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques