Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451669

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451669

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Nanoscale Particle Control by Rigid Biomineralised Surfaces. The proposed research will increase understanding of the strategies diatoms use to sort particles. Our hypothesis is that in the process of understanding how these diatom surfaces control particles, blueprints for microfluidic devices will be identified. The appeal of diatoms goes beyond consideration of the geometrical patterning on their surfaces, because their frustules (the diatomic shells) are made primarily out of silica, a material also used in nanofabrication. We expect that some of the strategies and patterns used by cells will be able to be directly transferred to microfluidics, and bypass years of empirical development in nanofabrication and lab-on-a-chip devices.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $220,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Physical Sciences | Nanotechnology | Biophysics | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Integrated circuits and devices | Scientific instrumentation |

Other Keywords

Biophysics | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified | Integrated circuits and devices | Nanotechnology | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Other Physical Sciences | Scientific instrumentation

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