'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules

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Left: Schematic of a T-junction nanofluidic device with a "nanoglassblown" funnel-shaped entrance to a nanochannel. The funnel tapers down to 150 micrometers (about the diameter of a human hair) at the nanochannel entrance. Right: Photomicrograph of the T-junction with the first section of the nanochannel visible at the bottom. The colors are a white light interference pattern caused by the changing depth of the curved glass funnel.

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Credit: Elizabeth Strychalski, Cornell University

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