Publications by Reto Bruno Schoch

Transport phenomena in nanofluidics

Transport of fluid in and around nanometer-sized objects with at least one characteristic dimension below 100 nm renders possible phenomena that are not accessible at bigger length scales. This research field is termed nanofluidics and received its name on ...

2008

Transport phenomena in nanofluidics : form ionic studies to proteomic applications

Reto Bruno Schoch

This thesis explores transport phenomena in nanochannels on a chip. Fundamental nanofluidic ionic studies form the basis for novel separation and preconcentration applications for proteomic purposes. The measurements were performed with 50-nm-high 1D nanoc ...

EPFL2006

pH Controlled Diffusion of Proteins with Different pI Values across a Nanochannel on a Chip

Philippe Renaud, Arnaud Bertsch, Reto Bruno Schoch

Electrostatic interactions dominate the diffusion of proteins in a nanochannel, which was measured and modeled for pH values above and below the isoelectric points of three lectin proteins. Maximal diffusion coefficients were obtained when the proteins wer ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2006

Ionic transport phenomena in nanofluidics: Experimental and theoretical study of the exclusion-enrichment effect on a chip

Philippe Renaud, Reto Bruno Schoch

In nanometer-sized apertures with charged surfaces, the extension of the electrical double layer results in the electrostatic exclusion of co-ions and enrichment in counterions, which affects the permselectivity of such structures. A modeling of this pheno ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2005

Effect of the surface charge on ion transport through nanoslits

Philippe Renaud, Harald Van Lintel, Reto Bruno Schoch

A description of ion transport through geometrically defined nanoslits is presented. It is characterized by the effective surface charge density and was obtained by impedance spectroscopy measurements of electrolytes with different physico-chemical propert ...

2005

Ion transport through nanoslits investigated by impedance spectroscopy

Philippe Renaud, Stefan Metz, Reto Bruno Schoch

We present a description of ion transport through geometrically defined nanoslits. The description was obtained through impedance spectroscopy measurements of electrolytes with different physico-chemical parameters. The number of 50 nm high nanoslits prese ...

2005

Ion transport through nanoslits dominated by the effective surface charge

Philippe Renaud, Reto Bruno Schoch

A model showing the importance of the parameters characterizing ion transport through geometrically defined nanoslits filled with electrolyte is presented. A conductance plateau sin log-log scaled at low salt concentrations in the nanometer-sized apertures ...

AIP American Institute of Physics2005

Microelectrical impedance tomography for biophysical characterization of thin film biomaterials

Philippe Renaud, Olof Pontus Linderholm, Reto Bruno Schoch

We present a new method for measuring the electrical resistivities of a stratified sample of thin biomaterials or tissue layers. The presented technique makes use of impedance measurements between It pairs of electrodes separated by varying distances. The ...

2003