Optofluidics incorporating actively controlled micro- and nano-particles

  • Aminuddin A. Kayani
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University 1 , Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
  • Khashayar Khoshmanesh
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University 1 , Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
  • Stephanie A. Ward
    Monash Ageing Research Centre (MONARC), Monash University 3 , The Kingston Centre, Victoria 3192, Australia
  • Arnan Mitchell
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University 1 , Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
  • Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University 1 , Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia

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公開日
2012-07-18
DOI
  • 10.1063/1.4736796
公開者
AIP Publishing

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<jats:p>The advent of optofluidic systems incorporating suspended particles has resulted in the emergence of novel applications. Such systems operate based on the fact that suspended particles can be manipulated using well-appointed active forces, and their motions, locations and local concentrations can be controlled. These forces can be exerted on both individual and clusters of particles. Having the capability to manipulate suspended particles gives users the ability for tuning the physical and, to some extent, the chemical properties of the suspension media, which addresses the needs of various advanced optofluidic systems. Additionally, the incorporation of particles results in the realization of novel optofluidic solutions used for creating optical components and sensing platforms. In this review, we present different types of active forces that are used for particle manipulations and the resulting optofluidic systems incorporating them. These systems include optical components, optofluidic detection and analysis platforms, plasmonics and Raman systems, thermal and energy related systems, and platforms specifically incorporating biological particles. We conclude the review with a discussion of future perspectives, which are expected to further advance this rapidly growing field.</jats:p>

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