Optofluidics - Applications

Vezenov, D. B. Mayers, B. T. Wolfe, D. B. Whitesides, G. M., Integrated fluorescent light source for optofluidic applications, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2005, 86, 041104... 

Choudhury D, Rodenas A, Paterson L, Diaz F, Jaque D, Kar AK (2013) Three-dimensional microstructuring of yttrium aluminum garnet crystals for laser active optofluidic applications. Appl Phys Lett 103 041101... 

Optofluidics Applications Optofluidics Techniques for Fabrication and Integration... 

Optofluidics Applications, Table 1 Comparison of bioanalytical separation techniques ... 

Optofluidics Applications, Fig. 2 (a) Architecture of the optofluidic microscope (OFM) set of three arrows, illumination single arrow, flow direction, (b) Photograph of the OFM prototype compared with a US quarter. The actual nanoaperture array is 600 mm long, (c) The top view of the OFM a denotes the isolated aperture b denotes the corresponding aperture, as explained in the... 

Optofluidics Applications, Fig. 3 SEM images of hollow-core ARROWS with rectangular and arch-shaped cross sections (Figure and caption reprinted with permission from Yin et al. [11])... 

As mentioned above, the other class of fluidic manipulation of particular interest in optofluidic applications is surface force-driven techniques. In such techniques fluidic motion is induced applying an external perturbation to the equilibrium conditions at the interface between two... 

Free-space optical manipulation techniques in microfluidic systems have recently generated a signiflcant amount of interest. Classically the advantage of these optical approaches lies in their ability to provide remote operation and handle individual particles directly as opposed to indirect manipulation of the stUTounding flow field. The precision with which particles can be transported and separated with these optical techniques makes them particularly useful for biomedical analysis devices. While extremely flexible and relatively easy to implement (see the section on Optofluidics Applications and Optofluidics Techniques for Fabrication and Integration), these systems are ultimately limited... 

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