nanofluidic – TechConnect Briefs

A Hydrophobicity Controlled Nanofluidic Pump

Liu H., Dharmatilleke S., Tay A.A.O., Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, SG

interfacial energies in the system. Many methods for modulation of surface tension to manipulate fluids in micro or nano scale have been studied and reported, including the mechanical (surface roughness effect), chemical (electrochemical effect), opto- [...]

Numerical Analysis of Nanofluidic Sample Preconcentration in Hydrodynamic Flow

Wang Y., Pant K., Diffey W., Chen Z., Sundaram S., CFD Research Corporation, US

This paper presents the first, high-fidelity numerical study of nanofluidic streaming potential-based sample preconcentration. Parametric analysis is performed to capture the critical effects of pressure and background electrolyte (BGE) concentration on preconcentrator performance. Our studies [...]

Nanofluidic Size Exclusion Chromatograph for In Site Macromolecular analyses

Choi D., Grunthaner F., Feldman S., Svehla D., Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, US

We are developing a nanofluidic size exclusion chromatograph (nano-SEC) system that can be incorporated into miniature lab-on-a-chip devices which will provide detailed information on the geochemical and biological history of soil, ice, and water samples [...]