Nanofluidics -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Classical Areas Related to Nanofluidics -- 1.2 Technology Developments Leading to Nanofluidics -- 1.3 New Phenomena and Applications of Nanofluidics -- 1.4 Organization of the Book -- Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Mass Transport at the Nanoscale -- 2.1 Fluid Flow at the Microscale -- 2.1.1 Scaling Laws -- 2.1.2 Continuum Model -- 2.1.3 Pressure-Driven Flow -- 2.1.4 Capillary Flow -- 2.1.5 Electrokinetic Flow -- 2.1.6 Mixing in Microscale -- 2.2 From Microscale to Nanoscale -- 2.2.1 Continuum Assumption -- 2.2.2 Kinetic Theory -- 2.2.3 Molecular Dynamics and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) -- 2.3 Diffusion in Nanochannels -- 2.3.1 Knudsen Diffusion in Nanochannels -- 2.3.2 Hindered Diffusion in Nanochannels -- 2.4 Electrokinetics in Nanochannels -- 2.5 Water in Nanochannels -- 2.6 Capillary Filling in a Nanochannel -- 2.6.1 Modeling of the Filling Process -- 2.6.2 Asymptotic Solutions -- 2.7 Nanofilters -- 2.7.1 Electrostatic Effect -- 2.7.2 Reptation Effect -- 2.7.3 Steric Effect -- 2.7.4 Entropic Effect -- References -- Selected Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Fabrication Technologies of Nanochannels -- 3.1 Basics About Micro- and Nanofabrication -- 3.1.1 Silicon/Glass Micro- and Nanofabrication -- 3.1.2 Polymer Micro- and Nanofabrication -- 3.2 Application to Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems -- 3.2.1 Microfluidic Devices -- 3.2.2 Nanofluidic Devices -- References -- Chapter 4 Applications of Micro- and Nanofluidics -- 4.1 Microfluidics and Lab-on-Chips -- 4.1.1 Biomolecular Analyses -- 4.1.2 Microfluidics Beyond Biomolecular Analyses -- 4.2 Handling Ions by Electrokinetic Effects in Nanochannels -- 4.2.1 Nanofluidic Resistors as Surface Charge Sensors -- 4.2.2 Semipermeability and Preconcentration -- 4.2.3 Routing Ions by Nanofluidic Electronics -- 4.3 Separations in Nanofluidic Devices.

4.3.1 Batch Separations -- 4.3.2 Continuous-Flow Separations -- 4.4 Linear Analysis of Biomolecules -- 4.4.1 Why Stretching DNA? -- 4.4.2 Sizing Confined DNA -- 4.4.3 Nanopore Sequencing -- References -- Chapter 5 Conclusion -- About the Authors -- Index.