Jiandong Feng

TL;DR: A large, osmotically induced current is observed produced from a salt gradient with an estimated power density of up to 106 watts per square metre—a current that can be attributed mainly to the atomically thin membrane of MoS2, thus demonstrating a self-powered nanosystem.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that monolayer or few-layer thick exfoliated MoS2 with subnanometer thickness can be transferred and suspended on a predesigned location on the 20 nm thick SiNx membranes, implying that MoS 2 membranes with nanopore can complement graphene nanopore membranes and offer potentially better performance in transverse detection.

TL;DR: A viscosity gradient system based on room-temperature ionic liquids can be used to control the dynamics of DNA translocation through MoS2 nanopores and provides optimal single nucleotide translocation speeds for DNA sequencing, while maintaining a signal-to-noise ratio higher than 10.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors exploited the electrochemical activity of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and developed a convenient and scalable method to controllably make nanopores in single-layer MoS2 with subnanometer precision using electrochemical reaction (ECR).

TL;DR: These findings demonstrate that nanoscopic, atomically thin pores allow for the exploration of phenomena in ionic transport, and suggest that nanopores may also further the understanding of transport through biological ion channels.