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ArticleMicromachines2021

Fabrication of Ultranarrow Nanochannels with Ultrasmall Nanocomponents in Glass Substrates.

Hiroki Kamai, Yan Xu

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Article in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hiroki KamaiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan.
Yan XuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan.

Funding

Japan Science and Technology Agency PRESTO JPMJPR18H5Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP18H01848Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP19KK0129Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP20H00497Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP21H04640Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology JP17H05468Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology JP19H04678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanofluidics is supposed to take advantage of a variety of new physical phenomena and unusual effects at nanoscales typically below 100 nm. However, the current chip-based nanofluidic applications are mostly based on the use of nanochannels with linewidths above 100 nm, due to the restricted ability of the efficient fabrication of nanochannels with narrow linewidths in glass substrates. In this study, we established the fabrication of nanofluidic structures in glass substrates with narrow linewidths of several tens of nanometers by optimizing a nanofabrication process composed of electron-beam lithography and plasma dry etching. Using the optimized process, we achieved the efficient fabrication of fine glass nanochannels with sub-40 nm linewidths, uniform lateral features, and smooth morphologies, in an accurate and precise way. Furthermore, the use of the process allowed the integration of similar or dissimilar material-based ultrasmall nanocomponents in the ultranarrow nanochannels, including arrays of pockets with volumes as less as 42 zeptoliters (zL, 10

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nanofluidicsnanogapnano-in-nano integrationnarrow nanochannelszeptoliter

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PMID34209303
PMCPMC8305551

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