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Formation of parallel AQU/ORG two phase flow in extended nanochannel by partial modification with molecilar ablation using evanescent wave
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Formation of parallel AQU/ORG two phase flow in extended nanochannel by partial modification with molecilar ablation using evanescent wave

Hiroto Akaike, Yutaka Kazoe, Kentaro Kasai, Kazuma Mawatari and Takehiko Kitamori
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2012, pp.1462-1464
2012

Abstract

Extended nanospace Pressure driven flow Surface modification Two phase flow Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) Bioengineering
We report a novel method for formation of pressure driven parallel two phase flow in extended nanochamiel (10-1000 nm). A partial modification method by molecular ablation to spatially control the surface wettability in nanochamiel was developed using the evanescent wave, which illuminates a region shorter than the optical wavelength. This method suggested a potential to form the parallel two phase flow by controlling an interface between water (aqueous phase) and dodecane (organic phase), which showed specific property of 3 times higher Laplace pressure at 500 nm channel compared to microchamiels. The present study will contribute to develop nanofluidic systems using multi phase flows for chemical applications.

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