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Efficient Nanoporous Silicon Membranes for Integrated Microfluidic Separation and Sensing Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Nazar Ileri ,
Sonia E. Létant ,
Jerald Britten ,
Hoang Nguyen ,
Cindy Larson ,
Saleem Zaidi ,
Ahmet Palazoglu ,
Roland Faller ,
Joseph W. Tringe  and
Pieter Stroeve
Nazar Ileri
Affiliation:
nileri@ucdavis.edu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States
Sonia E. Létant
Affiliation:
letant1@llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States
Jerald Britten
Affiliation:
britten1@llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States
Hoang Nguyen
Affiliation:
hnguyen@llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States
Cindy Larson
Affiliation:
larson34@llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States
Saleem Zaidi
Affiliation:
saleem@gratingsinc.com, Gratings Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Ahmet Palazoglu
Affiliation:
anpalazoglu@ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Davis, California, United States
Roland Faller
Affiliation:
rfaller@ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Davis, California, United States
Joseph W. Tringe
Affiliation:
tringe2@llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States
Pieter Stroeve
Affiliation:
pstroeve@ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Davis, California, United States
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Abstract

Nanoporous devices constitute emerging platforms for selective molecule separation and sensing, with great potential for high throughput and economy in manufacturing and operation. Acting as mass transfer diodes similar to a solid-state device based on electron conduction, conical pores are shown to have superior performance characteristics compared to traditional cylindrical pores. Such phenomena, however, remain to be exploited for molecular separation. Here we present performance results from silicon membranes created by a new synthesis technique based on interferometric lithography. This method creates millimeter sized planar arrays of uniformly tapered nanopores in silicon with pore diameter 100 nm or smaller, ideally-suited for integration into a multi-scale microfluidic processing system. Molecular transport properties of these devices are compared against state-of-the-art polycarbonate track etched (PCTE) membranes. Mass transfer rates of up to fifteen-fold greater than commercial sieve technology are obtained. Complementary results from molecular dynamics simulations on molecular transport are reported.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1191: Symposium OO – Materials and Strategies for Lab-on-a-Chip–Biological Analysis, Cell-Material Interfaces and Fluidic Assembly of Nanostructures , 2009 , 1191-OO09-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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