A patterned anisotropic nanofluidic sieving structure for continuous-flow separation of DNA and proteins

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Fu, Jianping ^a   Schoch, Reto B ^b,c   Stevens, Anna L ^c   Tannenbaum, Steven R ^c   Han, Jon ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DNA; FLOW SEPARATION; MICROFABRICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; PROTEINS; SIZE SEPARATION;

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; BIOMOLECULE SEPARATION; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; MOLECULAR SIEVING; REGULAR STRUCTURE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY;

BIOMOLECULES;

EID: 33846862689     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2006.206     Document Type: Article

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