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Manufacturing of nanopores

US8431034B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Sarunas Petronis · Gothenburg, SE
Bengt Kasemo · Mellerud, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2009
Grant date	Apr 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01D69/1213
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to nanopore membranes, methods for manufacturing such nanopore membranes, and uses thereof. In the methods for manufacturing the membranes colloidal lithography is used, which results in production of nanosize pores in a short time and on a large scale. The nanopore membranes have a narrow size distribution and are randomly arranged. Furthermore, the inter-pore distance shows very little variation.

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