title: Extended-nanofluidics: fundamental technologies, unique liquid properties, and application in chemical and bio analysis methods and devices.
abstract: Engineering using liquids confined in channels 10-1000 nm in dimension, or "extended-nanofluidics," is the next target of microfluidic science. Liquid properties at this scale were unrevealed until recently because of the lack of fundamental technologies for investigating these ultrasmall spaces. In this article, the fundamental technologies are reviewed, and the emerging science and technology in the extended-nanospace are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mawatari
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kazoe
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Yuriy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pihosh
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamori
mesh_terms: D044085:Microfluidics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D036103:Nanotechnology