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Moving ions confined between graphene sheets

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Permeation experiments and simulations show that the ion diffusion rate in confinement can be reversibly modulated and significantly enhanced with a potential of less than 0.5 V.

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Fig. 1: Schematic illustration of ion gating in a membrane built of conductive 2D nanosheets.

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