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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Chen Li, Chapin, SC (US);
Fanghao Yang, Changsha, CN;
Xianming Dai, Wuhan, CN;
Yan Tong, Chapin, SC (US);
Assignee:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 1/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 1/00 (2013.01); B01J 19/0093 (2013.01); B81B 7/0087 (2013.01); B81C 1/00031 (2013.01); B81C 1/00111 (2013.01); B81C 1/00119 (2013.01); B81C 1/00206 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B81B 2201/058 (2013.01); B81B 2203/033 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0361 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24496 (2015.01);
Abstract
Microfluidic devices having superhydrophilic bi-porous interfaces are provided, along with their methods of formation. The device can include a substrate defining a microchannel formed between a pair of side walls and a bottom surface and a plurality of nanowires extending from each of the side walls and the bottom surface. For example, the nanowires can be silicon nanowires (e.g., pure silicon, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, etc., or mixtures thereof).