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.

公开(公告)号：GB2549627B

公开(公告)日：2021-10-13

申请号：GB201708235

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： YANN ANDRE ASTIER ,  GUSTAVO ALEJANDRO STOLOVITZKY ,  JOSHUA THOMAS SMITH ,  CHAO WANG ,  BENJAMIN HARDY WUNSCH

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  G01N15/02

Abstract: A technique relates sorting entities. The entities are introduced into a nanopillar array. The entities include a first population and a second population, and the nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to have a gap separating one from another. The nanopillars are ordered to have an array angle relative to a fluid flow direction. The entities are sorted through the nanopillar array by transporting the first population of the entities less than a predetermined size in a first direction and by transporting the second population of the entities at least the predetermined size in a second direction different from the first direction. The nanopillar array is configured to employ the gap with a gap size less than 300 nanometers in order to sort the entities having a sub-100 nanometer size.

公开(公告)号：GB2549627A

公开(公告)日：2017-10-25

申请号：GB201708235

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： YANN ANDRE ASTIER ,  GUSTAVO ALEJANDRO STOLOVITZKY ,  JOSHUA THOMAS SMITH ,  CHAO WANG ,  BENJAMIN HARDY WUNSCH

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  B07B1/46 ,  B07B13/04 ,  G01N15/02

Abstract: A technique relates sorting entities. The entities are introduced into a nanopillar array. The entities include a first population and a second population, and the nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to have a gap separating one from another. The nanopillars are ordered to have an array angle relative to a fluid flow direction. The entities aresorted through the nanopillar array by transporting the first population of the entities less than a predetermined size in a first direction and by transporting the second population of the entities at least the predetermined size in a second direction different from the first direction. The nanopillar array is configured to employ the gap with a gap size less than 300 nanometers in order to sort the entities having a sub-100 nanometer size.