Controlled transport of latex beads through vertically aligned carbon nanofiber membranes
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 81 (1), 135-137
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1490142
Abstract
Stripes of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNFs) have been used to form membranes for size selectively controlling the transport of latex beads. Fluidic structures were created in poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and interfaced to the VACNF structures for characterization of the membrane pore size. Solutions of fluorescently labeled latex beads were introduced into the PDMS channels and characterized by fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy. Results show that the beads size selectively pass through the nanofiber barriers and the size restriction limit correlates with the interfiber spacing. The results suggest that altering VACNF array density can alter fractionation properties of the membrane. Such membranes may be useful for molecular sorting and for mimicking the properties of natural membranes.Keywords
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