Ionic Capillary Evaporation in Weakly Charged Nanopores

被引:40
作者
Buyukdagli, Sahin [1 ]
Manghi, Manoel
Palmeri, John
机构
[1] CNRS, IRSAMC, Phys Theor Lab, F-31062 Toulouse, France
关键词
SYSTEMS; PORES; CHANNELS; OSCILLATIONS; EXCLUSION; MEMBRANES; FLUID; GAS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.158103
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Using a variational field theory, we show that an electrolyte confined to a neutral cylindrical nanopore traversing a low dielectric membrane exhibits a first-order ionic liquid-vapor pseudo-phase-transition from an ionic-penetration "liquid'' phase to an ionic-exclusion "vapor'' phase, controlled by nanopore-modified ionic correlations and dielectric repulsion. For weakly charged nanopores, this pseudotransition survives and may shed light on the mechanism behind the rapid switching of nanopore conductivity observed in experiments.
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