Nanofluidics workshop at joined CfN and NSLS user meeting

Nanofluidics is the study of the behavior, manipulation, and control of fluids that are confined to structures of nanometer (typically 1-100 nm) characteristic dimensions (1 nm = 10e-9 m). Fluids confined in these structures exhibit physical behaviors not observed in larger structures, such as those of micrometer dimensions and above, because the characteristic physical scaling lengths of the fluid, (e.g. Debye length, hydrodynamic radius) very closely coincide with the dimensions of the nanostructure itself. This workshop is aimed to addressing novel applications and challenges for nanofluidic channel structures.

List of speakers and titles:

"Computational Nanofluidics"

N. R. Aluru

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Computational Micro/Nanotechnology, MC-251        e-mail: aluru@uiuc.edu

3265 Beckman Institute                           Phone : (217) 333-1180

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign       Fax   : (217) 244-4333

405 N. Mathews Avenue

Urbana, IL 61801                    https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/aluru/www/

"Manipulation and Sensing of Ions and Molecules in Nanofluidic Devices"

Rohit Karnik, MIT

Room 3-461A

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge MA 02139-4307

Phone: 617-324-1155 

Email: karnik@mit.edu

Web: http://web.mit.edu/karnik/www/home.htm

"Nanofluidic Filters and Membranes for Biomolecule Analysis"

Jongyoon Han, MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Room 36-841

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

jyhan@mit.edu

617.253.2290—Tel

617.258.5846—Fax

"Liquid spreading along open nanofluidic channels"

Antonio CHECCO, PhD

Department of Physics - Bldg. 510B

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Upton, New York 11973-5000

U.S.A.

OFFICE:    (631) 344-3319

FAX:       (631) 344-2739