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Separation and Metrology of Nanoparticles by Nanofluidic Size Exclusion

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Samuel M. Stavis, Jon C. Geist, Michael Gaitan

Abstract

A nanofluidic approach to the separation and metrology of nanoparticles is demonstrated. Advantages of this approach include nanometer-scale resolution, nanometer-scale to submicrometer-scale range, mitigation of hydrodynamic and diffusional limitations to nanoparticle separation, and the direct measurement of size distribution through fluorescence microscopy and analysis of the nanofluidic size exclusion of individual nanoparticles. The presented results indicate that an optimized approach could be used for nanoparticle sorting and measurement of nanoparticle morphology and protein binding.
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Lab on A Chip

Citation

Stavis, S. , Geist, J. and Gaitan, M. (2010), Separation and Metrology of Nanoparticles by Nanofluidic Size Exclusion, Lab on A Chip, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=904215 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created August 11, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017