Stationary chemical gradients for concentration gradient-based separation and focusing in nanofluidic channels

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5337-5348

  Hsu, Wei Lun ^a   Inglis, David W ^b   Jeong, Helen ^b   Dunstan, David E ^a   Davidson, Malcolm R ^a   Goldys, Ewa M ^b   Harvie, Dalton J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; PH; PROCEDURES;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84900401136     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la500206b     Document Type: Article

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