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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Sang M. Han, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Steven R. J. Brueck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Cornelius F. Ivory, Pullman, WA (US);
Gabriel P. Lopez, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dimiter N. Petsev, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sang M. Han, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Steven R. J. Brueck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Cornelius F. Ivory, Pullman, WA (US);
Gabriel P. Lopez, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dimiter N. Petsev, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention includes nanochannel devices and methods for using such nanochannel devices for separating molecules, ions and biomolecules. The nanochannel devices have at least one nanochannel through which fluid can move, wherein ionic double layers form in the fluid near walls of the nanochannel and those ionic double layers overlap within the nanochannel. Electrical voltage can be applied to the nanochannel to modify an electrostatic potential in the nanochannel and thereby control movement of ions and biomolecules through the nanochannel. The invention also includes arrays and networks of such nanochannel devices.