Aksimentiev Water Compression (IMAGE)

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Aksimentiev Water Compression

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Representation of a nanopore in an atom-thick graphene membrane focusing electric field and compressing water inside the pore. Computer simulations revealed that the compressed water blocks the passage of biomolecules through the pore, without the presence of physical gates.

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A Aksimentiev and J. Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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