Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Evaporation-driven transport-control of small molecules along nanoslits

  • Sangjin Seo,
  • Dogyeong Ha,
  • Taesung Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21584-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Nanofluidic channels offer the possibility to process small molecules or colloids, but transport control meets serious challenges. Seo et al. use evaporation-driven advective flow to establish a versatile manipulation scheme of the fluid carrier, disposing of external connectors.