Plasmonic nanopore to monitor in-pore chemistry
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| author | Wang, Weihong Weng, Shukun Douaki, Ali Lanzavecchia, German Zou, Yanqiu Ma, Qifei Jin, Huaizhou Krahne, Roman Jin, Shangzhong Tsutsui, Makusu Garoli, Denis |
| author_facet | Wang, Weihong Weng, Shukun Douaki, Ali Lanzavecchia, German Zou, Yanqiu Ma, Qifei Jin, Huaizhou Krahne, Roman Jin, Shangzhong Tsutsui, Makusu Garoli, Denis |
| contents | In solid-state nanopores, achieving reliable control over pore aperture opening and closing (gating) remains a major challenge. Gating can be driven by the applied voltage involving electrically tunable chemical reactions, achieved by selecting appropriate compounds within the nanopore volume. In particular, cyclic precipitation and dissolution of metal phosphates can be triggered by regulating cation transport through an applied transmembrane voltage, thereby enabling reversible pore gating. Under negative bias, metal phosphate precipitates form inside the pore, obstructing ion flow and reducing current. Switching the polarity dissolves the precipitates, restoring ionic conductance. This process effectively produces a nanofluidic diode characterized by a remarkably high rectification ratio. To probe these localized chemical reactions more directly, we employed a plasmonic nanopore that generates strong confined fields, enabling surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurements within the nanopore volume during cyclic gating. These measurements not only validate the proposed in-pore chemistry but also highlight the potential of plasmonic nanopores as powerful tools for monitoring nanoscale chemical processes with high spatial resolution. |
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| spellingShingle | Plasmonic nanopore to monitor in-pore chemistry Wang, Weihong Weng, Shukun Douaki, Ali Lanzavecchia, German Zou, Yanqiu Ma, Qifei Jin, Huaizhou Krahne, Roman Jin, Shangzhong Tsutsui, Makusu Garoli, Denis Applied Physics Optics In solid-state nanopores, achieving reliable control over pore aperture opening and closing (gating) remains a major challenge. Gating can be driven by the applied voltage involving electrically tunable chemical reactions, achieved by selecting appropriate compounds within the nanopore volume. In particular, cyclic precipitation and dissolution of metal phosphates can be triggered by regulating cation transport through an applied transmembrane voltage, thereby enabling reversible pore gating. Under negative bias, metal phosphate precipitates form inside the pore, obstructing ion flow and reducing current. Switching the polarity dissolves the precipitates, restoring ionic conductance. This process effectively produces a nanofluidic diode characterized by a remarkably high rectification ratio. To probe these localized chemical reactions more directly, we employed a plasmonic nanopore that generates strong confined fields, enabling surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurements within the nanopore volume during cyclic gating. These measurements not only validate the proposed in-pore chemistry but also highlight the potential of plasmonic nanopores as powerful tools for monitoring nanoscale chemical processes with high spatial resolution. |
| title | Plasmonic nanopore to monitor in-pore chemistry |
| topic | Applied Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02500 |