Mechanical squeezing of an elastomeric nanochannel device: numerical simulations and ionic current charcaterization (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Mechanical squeezing of an elastomeric nanochannel device: numerical simulations and ionic current charcaterization (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1007/s10404-012-1018-3 (literal)
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  • Chiara Manneschi (1); Paola Fanzio (1); Elena Angeli (1); Giuseppe Firpo(1); Luca Ceseracciu, (2); Valentina Mussi (1); Luca Repetto (1); Ugo Valbusa (1) (2013)
    Mechanical squeezing of an elastomeric nanochannel device: numerical simulations and ionic current charcaterization
    in Microfluidics and nanofluidics (Internet)
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  • Chiara Manneschi (1); Paola Fanzio (1); Elena Angeli (1); Giuseppe Firpo(1); Luca Ceseracciu, (2); Valentina Mussi (1); Luca Repetto (1); Ugo Valbusa (1) (literal)
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  • (1). Nanomed Labs, Physics Department, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso, 33, 16146, Genoa, Italy (2). Nanophysics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), via Morego, 30, 16163, Genoa, Italy (literal)
Titolo
  • Mechanical squeezing of an elastomeric nanochannel device: numerical simulations and ionic current charcaterization (literal)
Abstract
  • Peculiar transport phenomena appear at nanoscale, since surface effects strongly affect the behaviour of fluids. Electrostatic and steric interactions, capillary forces and entropic effects play a key role in the behaviour of fluids and biomolecules. Since these effects strongly depend on the size of the nanofluidic system, a careful characterization of the fluidic environment is necessary. Moreover, the possibility to dynamically modulate the size of nanochannels is very appealing in the field of biomolecule manipulation. Recently, we have developed a lab-on-chip made of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). This polymeric device is based on a tuneable nanochannel able to dynamically change its dimension in order to fit the application of interest. In fact, a mechanical compression applied on the top of the elastomeric device squeezes the nanochannel, reducing the channel cross section and allowing a dynamical optimization of the nanostructures. In this paper, this squeezing process is fully characterized both numerically and experimentally. This analysis provides information on the reduction of the nanochannel dimensions induced by compression as a function of the work of adhesion and of the stiffness of the materials composing the device. Moreover, calculations demonstrate the possibility to predict the change of the nanochannel size and shape induced by the compression. The possibility to dynamically tune the channel size opens up new opportunities in biomolecular sensing or sieving and in the study of new hydrodynamics effects. (literal)
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