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A simple, optically induced electrokinetic method to concentrate and pattern nanoparticles

A simple, optically induced electrokinetic method to concentrate and pattern nanoparticles
A simple, optically induced electrokinetic method to concentrate and pattern nanoparticles
We demonstrate an optically induced electrokinetic technique that continuously concentrates nanoparticles on the surface of a parallel plate electrode that is biased with an AC signal. A highly focused beam of near-infrared light (1064 nm) was applied, inducing an electrothermal microfluidic vortex that carried nanoparticles to its center where they were accumulated. This technique was demonstrated with 49 nm and 100 nm fluorescent polystyrene particles and characterized as a function of applied AC frequency and voltage. With this technique the location and shape of colloidal concentration was reconfigured by controlling the optical landscape, yielding dynamic control of the aggregation. Colloidal concentration was demonstrated with a plain parallel plate electrode configuration without the need of photoconductive materials or complex microfabrication procedures.
2040-3364
133-137
Williams, Stuart J
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Green, Nicolas G
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Williams, Stuart J, Kumar, Aloke, Green, Nicolas G and Wereley, Steven T (2009) A simple, optically induced electrokinetic method to concentrate and pattern nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 1 (1), 133-137. (doi:10.1039/B9NR00033J).

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We demonstrate an optically induced electrokinetic technique that continuously concentrates nanoparticles on the surface of a parallel plate electrode that is biased with an AC signal. A highly focused beam of near-infrared light (1064 nm) was applied, inducing an electrothermal microfluidic vortex that carried nanoparticles to its center where they were accumulated. This technique was demonstrated with 49 nm and 100 nm fluorescent polystyrene particles and characterized as a function of applied AC frequency and voltage. With this technique the location and shape of colloidal concentration was reconfigured by controlling the optical landscape, yielding dynamic control of the aggregation. Colloidal concentration was demonstrated with a plain parallel plate electrode configuration without the need of photoconductive materials or complex microfabrication procedures.

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Published date: 2009
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science

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Local EPrints ID: 271005
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/271005
ISSN: 2040-3364
PURE UUID: 7ea9eb8f-2899-453a-9fb5-1a7cf7ef9915
ORCID for Nicolas G Green: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9230-4455

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Date deposited: 06 May 2010 11:04
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:20

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Author: Stuart J Williams
Author: Aloke Kumar
Author: Nicolas G Green ORCID iD
Author: Steven T Wereley

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