Inventors:
Ning Xi - Okemos MI, US
Wai Chiu King Lai - East Lansing MI, US
Uchechukwu C. Wejinya - Ypsilanti MI, US
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University - East Lansing MI
International Classification:
G01N 27/447
G01N 27/453
Abstract:
A method is provided for classifying nanoobjects having different electrical properties, such as conductivities and permittivities. The method includes: suspending nanoobjects having different electrical properties in a liquid medium; passing the liquid medium through a microchamber; and filtering nanoobjects having a first type of electrical property from the liquid medium by applying an electric field to the liquid medium in the microchamber.