Claims
- 1. In a nanolaminate microfluidic component, the improvement comprising:
at least two subsets of conductive layers of the nanolaminate and with all layers of each subset coupled together electrically to form a single, extended electrode.
- 2. The improvement of claim 1, wherein said subset of conductive layers is interleaved with other electrodes of said nanolaminate.
- 3. The improvement of claim 2, wherein said other electrodes comprise conductive layers coupled together to form at least another single, extended electrode.
- 4. The improvement of claim 1, wherein said nanolaminate includes numerous conductive layers, and wehrein said subsets include conductive layers selected from the group consisting of each Nth layer, where Nth is defined as a number greater than two.
- 5. The improvement of claim 1, wherein said nanolaminate includes multiples of N conductive layers, where N is greater than two, and wherein a first and each Nth layer thereafter has a voltage V, while other conductive layers are at zero potential.
- 6. The improvement of claim 5, wherein at later times the second and each Nth layer thereafter is brought to a voltage V, while the first layer is brought to zero.
- 7. The improvement of claim 6, wherein the next electrode consists of 3rd and each Nth layer thereafter is brought to Voltage V while the second is brought to zero.
- 8. The improvement of claim 5, wherein each Nth layer is selected from the group consisting of 1st, 6th, 11th, etc. layers; 2nd, 8th, 12th etc. layers; 3rd, 8th, 12th, etc. layers; 4th, 9th, 14th etc. layers; and 5th, 10th, 15th, etc. layers, to form interdigitated electrodes.
- 9. The improvement of claim 1, wherein said nanolaminate has a number of subsets of conductive layers, wherein each subset has a same number of conductive layers, and wherein a specific numbered layer of each subset is coupled together.
- 10. A nanolaminate microfluidic device for mobility selection of particles including:
means for producing time-dependent voltage envelopes, said means including at least two conductive layers of said nanolaminate coupled together to form a single, extended electrode.
- 11. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 10, wherein said at least two coupled conductive layers are interleaved with other electrodes formed by conductive layers of said nanolaminate.
- 12. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 10, wherein said additional electrodes comprise coupled conductive layers of said nanolaminate.
- 13. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 10, wherein said nanolaminate includes a plurality of subsets of conductive layers, and wherein at least one conductive layer in one subset is coupled to at least one conductive layer in another of said plurality of subsets to form a single, extended electrode.
- 14. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 13, wherein said coupled conductive layers are interleaved with other conductive layers forming electrodes.
- 15. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 14, wherein said other conductive layers forming electrodes of each subset are coupled together to form extended electrodes.
- 16. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 14, wherein said nanolaminate includes a series of subsets of conductive layers, each subset having a number of conductive layers, a first conductive layer of each of said series of subsets being coupled together to form an extended electrode, a second conductive layer of each of said series of subsets being coupled together to form an extended electrode, and a third to Nth conductive layers of each of said series of subsets being coupled together to form an extended electrode.
- 17. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 16, wherein said conductive layers of each of said series of subsets are interleaved with insulating layers of said nanolaminate.
- 18. The nanolaminate microfluidic device of claim 16, wherein said first coupled conductive layers are at a voltage V while the second and third to Nth coupled conductive layers are at a zero potential for a time period, whereafter said first coupled conductive layers are slowly returned to zero potential and simultaneously said second coupled conductive layers are brought up to voltage V, and whereafter the process is repeated between the second coupled conductive layers and the third to Nth coupled conductive layers at a velocity, said velocity being matched to the diffusivity of some charged particle to transport the charged particle while leaving slower diffused particles undisturbed.
Government Interests
[0001] The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. W-7405-ENG-48 between the United States Department of Energy and the University of California for the operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.