학술논문

Surface plasmon tweezers-induced nanoparticle patterning in microfluidics
Document Type
Conference
Source
TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, 2009. TRANSDUCERS 2009. International. :1586-1589 Jun, 2009
Subject
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Robotics and Control Systems
Plasmons
Microfluidics
Nanoparticles
Optical surface waves
Gold
Transistors
Optical films
Substrates
Interference
Optical scattering
Surface plasmon polariton
nanoparticles patterning
microfluidic
nanohole array
Language
ISSN
2159-547X
2164-1641
Abstract
Here we report on dynamic patterning of nanoparticles in microfluidic channels using patterned surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) from a gold thin film with highly ordered nanohole arrays. In particular, the constructive interference of SPPs from neighboring holes leads to a periodic distribution of SPP intensities. Such a SPP distribution drives the nanoparticles into positions of minimal SPP intensities, where the net force is minimal and nanoparticles are most stable. This distribution comprises the patterning of nanoparticles. This technique is simple and cost-effective in fabrication, and only requires a laser intensity of 1/10,000 of that used in conventional optical tweezers, implying less damage to the targeted nanoparticles..