Nanofluidics

News and Updates

The FedTech Startup Studio’s Real-World Approach Advances Technology Transfer

March 22, 2023

Technology Transfer is an intensely dynamic field, and the process of moving federal scientific and technological research from the lab to the marketplace teems

No Fib: NIST Unmasks a Superfast Process for Nanoscale Machining

August 23, 2022

Cutting intricate patterns as small as several billionths of a meter deep and wide, the focused ion beam (FIB) is an essential tool for deconstructing and

Not Letting It Slip By: NIST Discovery Could Increase Accuracy in Measuring Blood Flow for Cancer Diagnosis, Other Applications

March 22, 2022

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a potential source of error when using acoustic waves to measure the

Projects and Programs

Nanoparticle Tracking for Fluidic Self Assembly (Archived)

Completed

One challenge of nanomanufacturing is to establish methods to assemble solution-based nanoparticles into organized structures with nanometer precision, with an

Manipulating the Position and Orientation of Nanoparticles using Feedback Control (Archived)

To advance the development of miniaturized systems, there is a need to place nanostructured materials in very precise locations. Only then can practical

Nanomagnet Dynamics

Ongoing

We develop methods and facilities for measuring magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures with a particular emphasis on the emerging needs of future

Magnetic Nanostructures for Post-Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) Electronics

Ongoing

Just as integrated electronic circuits continue to pack on more and ever tinier components, so magnetic technologies for data storage and other applications

Publications

Letter to the Editor Concerning "Simultaneous, Single-Particle Measurements of Size and Loading Give Insights into the Structure of Drug-Delivery Nanoparticles"

May 23, 2023

Author(s)

Andrew Madison, Adam L. Pintar, Craig R. Copeland, Natalia Farkas, Samuel M. Stavis

Chromium Oxide – A Novel Sacrificial Layer Material for MEMS/NEMS and Micro/Nanofluidic Device Fabrication

August 1, 2022

Author(s)

Alokik Kanwal, Robert Ilic, Christopher Ray, Kerry Siebein, James Alexander Liddle

Free standing membranes for fluidic devices typically require long etching times due to the slow, diffusion limited exchange of etchant and etch products when

Optofluidic Flow Meter for sub–nanoliter per minute flow measurements

January 31, 2022

Author(s)

Jalal Sadeghi, Paul Patrone, Anthony J. Kearsley, Gregory A. Cooksey

Performance improvements in microfluidic systems depend on accurate measurement and control of fluids on the micro- and nanoscale, and new applications are

Nanopores in Atomically Thin 2D Nanosheets Limit Aqueous Single-Stranded DNA Transport

September 24, 2021

Author(s)

Alexander Smolyanitsky, Binquan Luan

Nanopores in 2D materials are highly desirable for DNA sequencing, yet achieving single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) transport through them is challenging. Using