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Nature Materials 2, 507 - 508 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nmat950

Silicon membranes: A microscale Brownian ratchet

Andrew Evan Kamholz1

  1. Andrew Evan Kamholz is at MesoSystems Technology Inc., 1001A Menaul Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, USA. e-mail: andrew@kamholz.net


After many years of speculation, effective microdevices that can separate particles by converting random motion into directed motion have finally arrived. A new study demonstrates ratcheted transport of microspheres across a microfabricated membrane.

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