AIST Develops Nanopipette with a 50 nm Inner Diameter Using an Organic Nanotube.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 21, 2007 - (JCN) - The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (産業技術総合研究所 (AIST AIST Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) AIST National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) AIST Association for Iron & Steel Technology ) announced August 20 that it had succeedid in fixing an organic nanotube with an inner diameter of 50 nm onto the tip of a glass micropipette mi·cro·pi·pette n. 1. A very small pipette used in microinjection. 2. A pipette used to measure very small volumes of liquids. micropipette a pipette for handling small quantities of liquids (up to 1 ml). with an inner diameter of 1,800 nm by using micromanipulation micromanipulation /mi·cro·ma·nip·u·la·tion/ (mi?kro-mah-nip?u-la´shun) surgery, injection, or other procedures done with a micromanipulator. mi·cro·ma·nip·u·la·tion n. technology. The newly developed nanopipette can spout volumes of solution equivalent from one-hundredth to one ten-thousandth of the amount capable of being dispensed by commercial ultrasmall-volume pipette injection systems. AIST expects the nanopipette to be applicable to medical and analytical use because of its ability to inject or suck ultrasmall volumes of functional materials into or from a single living cell. The research results will be presented at the 7th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO 2007), organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Inc., which is to be held in Hong Kong on 2nd - 5th of August 2007. JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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