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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Ossining, NY (US);
Stefan Harrer, New York, NY (US);
Binquan Luan, Ossining, NY (US);
Glenn J. Martyna, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Dennis M. Newns, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Hongbo Peng, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Stanislav Polonsky, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Stephen Rossnagel, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Gustavo Stolovitzky, Riverdale, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a nano-fluidic field effective device. The device includes a channel having a first side and a second side, a first set of electrodes adjacent to the first side, a second set of electrodes adjacent to the second side, a control unit for applying electric potentials to the electrodes and a fluid within the channel containing a charge molecule. The first set of electrodes is disposed such that application of electric potentials produces a spatially varying electric field that confines a charged molecule within a predetermined area of said channel. The second set of electrodes is disposed such that application of electric potentials relative to the electric potentials applied to the first set of electrodes creates an electric field that confines the charged molecule to an area away from the second side of the channel.