Nanofluidics

Derek Stein was a post-doctoral research in the Molecular Biophysics group of Cees Dekker at the Delft University of Technology, where I studied the properties of DNA polymers and ionic fluids confined to nanofluidic channels (2003-2006). My Ph.D. thesis research was performed in the group of Jene Golovchenko at Harvard University, where I was involved in making the first solid state nanopores, and then using them to study individual DNA molecules. This was a joint project with the Molecular Biology group of Daniel Branton (1997-2002). After my Ph.D. I spent three months in the Life Science Technologies Laboratory at Agilent Technologies transferring nanopore technology to them by developing an industrial ion-beam-sculpting apparatus (2002).

Recommended for the reader wanting to get a rapid look into a number of active research areas in nanofluidics.

• Transport of Ions, DNA Polymers, and Microtubules in the Nanofluidic Regime;Electrokinetic Transportand Fluidic Manipulation in Three Dimensional Integrated Nanofluidic Networks;Nanopillars, Nanowires and Nanoballs for DNA and Protein Analysis;Nanofluidic Devices for Electroanalytical Applications;Nanofluidic Strategies for Cancer Research;Nanofluidics for Biomolecular Detection;Silicon Nitride Thin Films for Nanofluidic Device Fabrication;Single Molecule Protein Unfolding Using a Nanopore;Low Noise Nanopore Platforms Optimised for the Synchronised Optical and Electrical Detection of Biomolecules