From Water Solutions to Ionic Liquids with Solid State Nanopores as a Perspective to Study Transport and Translocation Phenomena

Marion S, Vucemilovic-Alagic N, Spadina M, Radenovic A, Smith AS (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Small Wiley-VCH Verlag

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100777

Abstract

Solid state nanopores are single-molecular devices governed by nanoscale physics with a broad potential for technological applications. However, the control of translocation speed in these systems is still limited. Ionic liquids are molten salts which are commonly used as alternate solvents enabling the regulation of the chemical and physical interactions on solid-liquid interfaces. While their combination can be challenging to the understanding of nanoscopic processes, there has been limited attempts on bringing these two together. While summarizing the state of the art and open questions in these fields, several major advances are presented with a perspective on the next steps in the investigations of ionic-liquid filled nanopores, both from a theoretical and experimental standpoint. By analogy to aqueous solutions, it is argued that ionic liquids and nanopores can be combined to provide new nanofluidic functionalities, as well as to help resolve some of the pertinent problems in understanding transport phenomena in confined ionic liquids and providing better control of the speed of translocating analytes.

Authors with CRIS profile

Nataša Vucemilovic-Alagic Physics Underlying Life Science Ana-Suncana Smith Physics Underlying Life Science

Involved external institutions

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH Switzerland (CH) Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI) / Institut Ruđer Bošković (IRB) HR Croatia (HR)

How to cite

APA:

Marion, S., Vucemilovic-Alagic, N., Spadina, M., Radenovic, A., & Smith, A.-S. (2021). From Water Solutions to Ionic Liquids with Solid State Nanopores as a Perspective to Study Transport and Translocation Phenomena. Small. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202100777

MLA:

Marion, Sanjin, et al. "From Water Solutions to Ionic Liquids with Solid State Nanopores as a Perspective to Study Transport and Translocation Phenomena." Small (2021).

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