This preliminary program is subject to change.

Nanoscale Electrokinetics


Description:
The objective of this session is to bring together researchers from academia, national research laboratories and industry, to exchange ideas to advance research in fundamentals and applications in nanoscale electrokinetics. The fundamentals cover transport phenomena, electrokinetics and electrohydrodynamics, and effect of surface modification on electrokinetics in nanoslots, nanochannels and nanoporous materials. Applications include, but not limit to, nanofluidic devices for sample separation, preconcentration, DNA sequencing, sensor, nanofluidics based electronic devices (concentration polarization; current rectification, over-limiting current and second-kind electro-osmosis, desalination and energy conversion via streaming currents etc.). All experimental, theoretical, and computational works relevant to nanoscale electrokinetics are welcome.

Sponsor:
Topical 3: 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society (AES)


Chair:
Guiren Wang
Assistant Professor
University of South Carolina
Mechanical Engineering
300 Main St.
Columbia, SC 29208
Email: wanggu@cec.sc.edu

Co-Chair:
Chien-Pin Chen
Professor
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Chemical and Materials Engineering
Phone Number: (256) 824-6194
Email: chenc@uah.edu


Papers:
Role of Electro-Osmosis in Microchannel-Nanochannel Impedance Response
Jarrod Schiffbauer, Technion--Israeli Institute of Technology; Gilad Yossifon, Technion
Dielectrophoretic Manipulation and Controlled Release of Surfactant Based Micelles
Victoria Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Yingxi Elaine Zhu, University of Notre Dame
Trapping of Nanoparticles with Dielectrophoretic Nano-Probes
Nicholas R. Wood, University of Louisville; Amanda I. Wolsiefer, University of Louisville; Robert W. Cohn, University of Louisville; Stuart J. Williams, University of Louisville
Coupling Dielectrophoresis At Nano-Constrictions to Concentration Polarization Effects for Enhanced Protein Pre-Concentration
Mikiyas Tsegaye, University of Virginia; Kuo-Tang Liao, University of Virginia; Chiafu Chou, Academia Sinica; Nathan Swami, University of Virginia
Combining Focused Ion Beam Milling and Optical Lithography to Fabricate Microfluidic Devices for DNA Dielectrophoresis
Fernanda Camacho-Alanis, Arizona State University; Lin Gan, Arizona State University; Alexandra Ros, Arizona State University
Rectification and Rectification Inversion of Ion Currents in Conical Nanopores
Yu Yan, University of Notre Dame; Hsueh-Chia Chang, University of Notre Dame
Correction for Sample Conductance in the Measurement of the Zeta Potentials of Porous Samples by the Rotating Disk Technique
Paul Sides, Carnegie Mellon University; Kong M Wong, Carnegie Mellon University; Dennis C. Prieve, Carnegie Mellon University