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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Benjamin H. Wunsch, Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Joshua T. Smith, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);
Sung-Cheol Kim, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);
Stacey M. Gifford, Fairfield, CT (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Microscale and/or mesoscale condenser arrays that can facilitate microfluidic separation and/or purification of mesoscale and/or nanoscale particles and methods of operation are described herein. An apparatus comprises a condenser array comprising pillars arranged in a plurality of columns, wherein a pillar gap greater than or equal to about 0.5 micrometers is located between a first pillar of the pillars in a first column of the columns and a second pillar of the plurality of pillars in the first column, and wherein the first pillar is adjacent to the second pillar. The first ratio can be characterized by D/Dis less than or equal to a first defined value, wherein Drepresents a first distance across the lattice in a first direction, wherein Drepresents a second distance across the lattice in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction.