CARBON NANOTUBE-BASED IONIC DIODE

Ran Peng, Yueyue Pan, Biwu Liu, Zhi Li, Peng Pan, Shuailong Zhang, Zhen Qin, Aaron R. Wheeler, Shirley Tang, Xinyu Liu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This work reports the systematic investigation of the design and mechanism of a new type of ionic diode constructed from horizontally-aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with oppositely charged polyelectrolytes decorated at their two entrances. The major design and working parameters of the MWCNT-based ionic diode including the ion channel size, the properties of working fluids, and the quantity and length of charge modification are extensively investigated through numerical simulations and/or experiments. An optimized ionic current rectification (ICR) ratio of 1481.5 was experimentally achieved on the MWCNT-based ionic diode. These results promise potential applications of the MWCNT-based ionic diode in biosensing and biocomputing. As a proof of demonstration, we demonstrated DNA detection for HIV-1 diagnosis on the ionic diode. This work provides a comprehensive understanding of the working principle of the MWCNT-based ionic diodes and will allow rational device design and optimization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages1111-1112
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781733419031
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2021 - Palm Springs, Virtual, United States
Duration: 10 Oct 202114 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameMicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPalm Springs, Virtual
Period10/10/2114/10/21

Keywords

  • ionic diode
  • multi-walled carbon nanotubes
  • nanofluidics
  • rectification ratio

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