Charge- and size-based separation of macromolecules using ultrathin silicon membranes

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7129, 2007, Pages 749-753

  Striemer, Christopher C ^a   Gaborski, Thomas R ^a   McGrath, James L ^a   Fauchet, Philippe M ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; PROTEIN; SEPARATION; SILICON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; MACROMOLECULE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NANOFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 33847132253     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05532     Document Type: Article

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