公开(公告)号：GB2548723A

公开(公告)日：2017-09-27

申请号：GB201706188

申请日：2015-11-17

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： JOSHUA THOMAS SMITH ,  ROBERT LAWSON BRUCE ,  YANN ANDRE ASTIER ,  CHAO WANG ,  BENJAMIN HARDY WUNSCH

IPC: G01N33/68 ,  G01N15/10

Abstract: A technique related to sorting entities is provided. An inlet is configured to receive a fluid, and an outlet is configured to exit the fluid. A nanopillar array, connected to the inlet and the outlet, is configured to allow the fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet. The nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to separate entities by size. The nanopillars are arranged to have a gap separating one nanopillar from another nanopillar. The gap is constructed to be in a nanoscale range.