Novel Nanofluidic Chemical Cells based on Self-Assembled Solid-State SiO2 Nanotubes

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August 30, 2017

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Hao Zhu, Haitao Li, Arvind Balijepalli, Joseph W. Robertson, Sergiy Krylyuk, Albert Davydov, John J. Kasianowicz, John S. Suehle, Qiliang Li

Abstract

Novel nanofluidic chemical cells based on self-assembled solid-state SiO2 nanotubes on silicon- on-insulator (SOI) substrates have been successfully fabricated and tested. The vertical SiO2 nanotubes with a smooth cavity are built from Si nanowires which were epitaxially grown on the SOI surface. The nanotubes have a rigid, dry-oxidized SiO2 wall with precisely controlled nanotube inner diameter, very attractive for chemical-/bio-sensing applications. No dispersion/aligning procedures were involved in the fabrication of nanofluidic devices by using this technology, enabling clean and smooth chemical cell. Ion translocation measurements have been successfully carried out on a SiO2 nanotube channel with 20 nm in diameter. A robust and well-controlled nanotube chemical cell is an excellent case of developing functional nanomaterials by leveraging the strength of top-down lithography and the unique advantage of bottom-up growth. These solid, smooth, clean SiO2 nanotubes and nanofluidic devices are very encouraging and attractive in future bio-medical applications, such as single molecule sensing and DNA sequencing.

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Nanotechnology

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Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa8941

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Zhu, H. , Li, H. , Balijepalli, A. , Robertson, J. , Krylyuk, S. , Davydov, A. , Kasianowicz, J. , Suehle, J. and Li, Q. (2017), Novel Nanofluidic Chemical Cells based on Self-Assembled Solid-State SiO2 Nanotubes, Nanotechnology, [online], https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa8941, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=923699 (Accessed May 19, 2024)