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Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects

Optofluidics is an exciting new area of study resulting from the fusion of microfluidics and photonics. It broadens the application and extends the functionality of microfluidics and has been extensively investigated in biocontrol, molecular diagnosis, material synthesis, and drug delivery. When lig...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Chenlin, Xu, Bingjie, Gong, Chaoyang, Luo, Jingtang, Zhang, Quanming, Gong, Yuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31357458
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi10080499
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author Zhang, Chenlin
Xu, Bingjie
Gong, Chaoyang
Luo, Jingtang
Zhang, Quanming
Gong, Yuan
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Xu, Bingjie
Gong, Chaoyang
Luo, Jingtang
Zhang, Quanming
Gong, Yuan
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description Optofluidics is an exciting new area of study resulting from the fusion of microfluidics and photonics. It broadens the application and extends the functionality of microfluidics and has been extensively investigated in biocontrol, molecular diagnosis, material synthesis, and drug delivery. When light interacts with a microfluidic system, optical force and/or photothermal effects may occur due to the strong interaction between light and liquid. Such opto-physical effects can be used for optical manipulation and sensing due to their unique advantages over conventional microfluidics and photonics, including their simple fabrication process, flexible manipulation capability, compact configuration, and low cost. In this review, we summarize the latest progress in fiber optofluidic (FOF) technology based on optical force and photothermal effects in manipulation and sensing applications. Optical force can be used for optofluidic manipulation and sensing in two categories: stable single optical traps and stable combined optical traps. The photothermal effect can be applied to optofluidics based on two major structures: optical microfibers and optical fiber tips. The advantages and disadvantages of each FOF technology are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-67229672019-09-10 Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects Zhang, Chenlin Xu, Bingjie Gong, Chaoyang Luo, Jingtang Zhang, Quanming Gong, Yuan Micromachines (Basel) Review Optofluidics is an exciting new area of study resulting from the fusion of microfluidics and photonics. It broadens the application and extends the functionality of microfluidics and has been extensively investigated in biocontrol, molecular diagnosis, material synthesis, and drug delivery. When light interacts with a microfluidic system, optical force and/or photothermal effects may occur due to the strong interaction between light and liquid. Such opto-physical effects can be used for optical manipulation and sensing due to their unique advantages over conventional microfluidics and photonics, including their simple fabrication process, flexible manipulation capability, compact configuration, and low cost. In this review, we summarize the latest progress in fiber optofluidic (FOF) technology based on optical force and photothermal effects in manipulation and sensing applications. Optical force can be used for optofluidic manipulation and sensing in two categories: stable single optical traps and stable combined optical traps. The photothermal effect can be applied to optofluidics based on two major structures: optical microfibers and optical fiber tips. The advantages and disadvantages of each FOF technology are also discussed. MDPI 2019-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6722967/ /pubmed/31357458 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi10080499 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zhang, Chenlin
Xu, Bingjie
Gong, Chaoyang
Luo, Jingtang
Zhang, Quanming
Gong, Yuan
Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects
title Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects
title_full Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects
title_fullStr Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects
title_full_unstemmed Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects
title_short Fiber Optofluidic Technology Based on Optical Force and Photothermal Effects
title_sort fiber optofluidic technology based on optical force and photothermal effects
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31357458
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi10080499
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