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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Adam E. Cohen, Stanford, CA (US);
William E. Moerner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adam E. Cohen, Stanford, CA (US);
William E. Moerner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Sub-micron objects are manipulated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, Brownian motion effects are mitigated to facilitate the analysis and/or manipulation of sub-micron objects. In some applications, an electric field is applied to facilitate the manipulation of sub-micron objects in solution, facilitating the analysis of the manipulated objects. In other applications, fluid flow is used to effect the manipulation of sub-micron objects in solution.