Workshop 6

"Nanofluidics"

Date:  Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Organizer(s):
Helmut H. Strey (Stony Brook University) helmut.strey@stonybrook.edu

Location: Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), Building 735, Seminar Room

Description:

Nanofluidics is the study of the behavior, manipulation, and control of fluids that are confined to structures of nanometer (typically 1-100 nm) characteristic dimensions (1 nm = 10-9 m). Fluids confined in these structures exhibit physical behaviors not observed in larger structures, such as those of micrometer dimensions and above, because the characteristic physical scaling lengths of the fluid, (e.g. Debye length, hydrodynamic radius) very closely coincide with the dimensions of the nanostructure itself.  This workshop is aimed to addressing novel applications and challenges for nanofluidic channel structures.

Time List of Speakers
9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Welcoming Remarks -- Helmut Strey
9:05 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Narayana Aluru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Computational Nanofluidics"
9:55 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Jongyoon Han, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Nanofluidic Filters and Membranes for Biomolecule Analysis"
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 p.m. Antonio Checco, Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Liquid Spreading Along Open Nanofluidic Channels"
11:50 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Rohit Karnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Manipulation and Sensing of Ions and Molecules in Nanofluidic Devices"
12:45 p.m. Workshop Adjourns
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch at Berkner Hall