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The concept of entropic rectifier facing experiments

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The transport of molecules in confined media is subject to entropic barriers. So theoretically, asymmetry of the confinement length may lead to molecular ratchets with entropy as the only driving force for the biased transport. We address experimentally this question by performing alternative ionic current measurements on electrolytes confined in neutral conical nanopores. In case anions and cations widely differ in size, we show that rectification of ionic current can be obtained that depends on ions size and cycle frequency, consistently with the entropic ratchet mechanism.

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hal-02507121 , version 1 (12-03-2020)

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D. Lairez, M.-C. Clochard, J.-E. Wegrowe. The concept of entropic rectifier facing experiments. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6 (1), ⟨10.1038/srep38966⟩. ⟨hal-02507121⟩
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