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ArticleACS nano2026

Electrostatic Gating of Ionic Conductance through Heterogeneous van der Waals Nanopores.

Aaron H Barajas-Aguilar, Matthew Schiel, Ethan Cao, DaVante Cain, Margaret L Berrens, Fikret Aydin, Tuan Anh Pham, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Zuzanna S Siwy

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Article in ACS nano, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

9 authors.

Aaron H Barajas-AguilarDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States.
Matthew SchielDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States.
Ethan CaoDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States.
DaVante CainDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States.
Margaret L BerrensQuantum Simulations Group and Laboratory for Energy Applications for the Future, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, United States.
Fikret AydinQuantum Simulations Group and Laboratory for Energy Applications for the Future, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3237-8043
Tuan Anh PhamQuantum Simulations Group and Laboratory for Energy Applications for the Future, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0025-7263
Javier Sanchez-YamagishiDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9703-6525
Zuzanna S SiwyDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2626-7873

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanofluidic ionic transistors typically require gate voltages above 1 V and operate only at submillimolar ionic strengths, limiting their biocompatible applications. We demonstrate ionic transistors consisting of single sub-10 nm nanopores drilled in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures with internal gate electrodes made of few-layer graphene. These devices deliver up to 10-fold current modulation at gate voltages as low as 0.3 V in 10 mM KCl, and ∼2-fold modulation at near-physiological 100 mM KCl. Baseline conductance with no gate shows surface-charge-dominated transport below 100 mM KCl, consistent with negatively charged hBN walls and ∼5 nm opening of the pores. The surface charge and the electrochemical asymmetry introduced by the three-electrode configuration govern the device's behavior: negative gate voltage (

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gatingheterogeneous stackion currentionic transistorvan der Waals materials

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