NIST Nanofluidic 'Multi-Tool' Separates and Sizes Nanoparticles (IMAGE)
Caption
A 3-D nanofluidic "staircase" channel with many depths was used to separate and measure a mixture of different-sized fluorescent nanoparticles. Larger (brighter) and smaller (dimmer) particles were forced toward the shallow side of the channel (fluorescence micrograph on left). The particles stopped at the "steps" of the staircase with depths that matched their sizes.
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S.M. Stavis, NIST
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