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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Ning Xi, Okemos, MI (US);
Wai Chiu King Lai, East Lansing, MI (US);
Uchechukwu C. Wejinya, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ning Xi, Okemos, MI (US);
Wai Chiu King Lai, East Lansing, MI (US);
Uchechukwu C. Wejinya, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 27/453 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for classifying nanoobjects having different electrical properties, such as conductivities and permittivities. The method includes: suspending nanoobjects having different electrical properties in a liquid medium; passing the liquid medium through a microchamber; and filtering nanoobjects having a first type of electrical property from the liquid medium by applying an electric field to the liquid medium in the microchamber.