Patterning nanowire and micro-nanoparticle array on micropillar-structured surface: Experiment and modeling.
DNA molecules in a solution can be immobilized and stretched into a highly ordered array on a solid surface containing micropillars by molecular combing technique. However, the mechanism of this process is not well understood. In this study, we demonstrated the generation of DNA nanostrand array with linear, zigzag, and fork-zigzag patterns and the microfluidic processes are modeled based on a deforming body-fitted grid approach. The simulation results provide insights for explaining the stretching, immobilizing, and patterning of DNA molecules observed in the experiments.
Lin
Chung Hsun
CH
Guan
Jingjiao
J
Chau
Shiu Wu
SW
Chen
Shia Chung
SC
Lee
L James
LJ
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