DNA confinement in nanochannels: physics and biological applications

W Reisner, JN Pedersen… - Reports on progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
DNA is the central storage molecule of genetic information in the cell, and reading that
information is a central problem in biology. While sequencing technology has made …

Label-free biological and chemical sensors

HK Hunt, AM Armani - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly sensitive, label-free biodetection methods have applications in both the fundamental
research and healthcare diagnostics arenas. Therefore, the development of new …

Direct laser writing of sub-50 nm nanofluidic channels buried in glass for three-dimensional micro-nanofluidic integration

Y Liao, Y Cheng, C Liu, J Song, F He, Y Shen, D Chen… - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the fabrication of nanofluidic channels directly buried in silicate glass with
transverse widths down to less than 50 nm using three-dimensional (3D) femtosecond laser …

Ion transport in nanofluidic funnels

JM Perry, K Zhou, ZD Harms, SC Jacobson - Acs Nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
We report fabrication of nanofluidic channels with asymmetric features (eg, funnels) that
were cast in high modulus poly (dimethylsiloxane) and had well-defined geometries and …

A systematic study of DNA conformation in slitlike confinement

L Dai, JJ Jones, JRC van der Maarel, PS Doyle - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA conformation in slitlike confinement is studied using Monte Carlo simulation and
scaling theory. We focus on analysing the in-plane DNA extension as a function of slit height …

Convex lens-induced confinement for imaging single molecules

SR Leslie, AP Fields, AE Cohen - Analytical chemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence imaging is used to study the dynamics of a wide variety of single molecules in
solution or attached to a surface. Two key challenges in this pursuit are (1) to image …

Pursuit of hidden rules behind the irregularity of nano capillary lithography by hybrid intelligence

IH Cho, MG Ji, J Kim - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Nature finds a way to leverage nanotextures to achieve desired functions. Recent advances
in nanotechnologies endow fascinating multi-functionalities to nanotextures by modulating …

Novel 3D micro-and nanofabrication method using thermally activated selective topography equilibration (TASTE) of polymers

A Schleunitz, VA Guzenko, M Messerschmidt… - Nano convergence, 2014 - Springer
Micro-and nanostructures with three-dimensional (3D) shapes are needed for a variety of
applications in optics and fluidics where structures with both smooth and sharp features …

Molecular dynamics simulations of water on a hydrophilic silica surface at high air pressures

HA Zambrano, JH Walther, RL Jaffe - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a force field for Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of water and air in contact
with an amorphous silica surface. We calibrate the interactions of each species present in …

Grayscale e-beam lithography: Effects of a delayed development for well-controlled 3D patterning

T Mortelmans, D Kazazis, VA Guzenko… - Microelectronic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Grayscale electron beam lithography (g-EBL) is a fabrication technique that allows for
tunable control of resist topography. In most cases, the height of the structures is in the …