Abstract
The polarization curve of an acid-base interface in a hydrogel medium has a diode characteristic. Two of each such electrolyte diodes can be combined to give an electrolyte transistor. When a salt is added to the alkaline or to the acidic part of a reverse biased electrolyte diode, the current response is highly nonlinear. If the salt is added to the acidic side, even bistability can be observed. This bistability can generate complex oscillations in a base-acid-base electrolyte transistor. These nonlinear effects are studied experimentally and theoretically. While the nonlinear salt effect can be explained with the Nernst-Planck equations, to understand the bistable behavior further investigations are necessary.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 283-297 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Chaos |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 1999 |
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Nonlinear effects of electrolyte diodes and transistors in a polymer gel medium. / Hegedûs, L.; Kirschner, Norbert; Wittmann, M.; Simon, L. P.; Noszticzius, Z.; Amemiya, Takashi; Ohmori, Takao; Yamaguchi, Tomohiko.
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AU - Hegedûs, L.
AU - Kirschner, Norbert
AU - Wittmann, M.
AU - Simon, L. P.
AU - Noszticzius, Z.
AU - Amemiya, Takashi
AU - Ohmori, Takao
AU - Yamaguchi, Tomohiko
PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - The polarization curve of an acid-base interface in a hydrogel medium has a diode characteristic. Two of each such electrolyte diodes can be combined to give an electrolyte transistor. When a salt is added to the alkaline or to the acidic part of a reverse biased electrolyte diode, the current response is highly nonlinear. If the salt is added to the acidic side, even bistability can be observed. This bistability can generate complex oscillations in a base-acid-base electrolyte transistor. These nonlinear effects are studied experimentally and theoretically. While the nonlinear salt effect can be explained with the Nernst-Planck equations, to understand the bistable behavior further investigations are necessary.
AB - The polarization curve of an acid-base interface in a hydrogel medium has a diode characteristic. Two of each such electrolyte diodes can be combined to give an electrolyte transistor. When a salt is added to the alkaline or to the acidic part of a reverse biased electrolyte diode, the current response is highly nonlinear. If the salt is added to the acidic side, even bistability can be observed. This bistability can generate complex oscillations in a base-acid-base electrolyte transistor. These nonlinear effects are studied experimentally and theoretically. While the nonlinear salt effect can be explained with the Nernst-Planck equations, to understand the bistable behavior further investigations are necessary.
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