Mechanical engineering,Nanoscience,Nanotechnology

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Dynamic manipulation by light and electric fields: Colloidal particles to droplets, ETD Collection for Purdue University (2010)

The realm of microfluidics deals with the study, control and manipulation of fluids that are...

 

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Hybrid opto-electric manipulation in microfluidics-opportunities and challenges (with Stuart J. Williams, Han-Sheng Chuang, Nicolas G. Green, and Steven T. Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2011)

Hybrid opto-electric manipulation in microfluidics/nanofluidics refers to a set of methodologies employing optical modulation of...

 

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Dynamic Manipulation by Light and Electric Fields: Micrometer Particles to Microliter Droplets (with Han-Sheng Chuang and Steven Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2010)

We demonstrate a new hybrid optoelectric technique that can manipulate objects across several length scales....

 

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Optically Modulated Electrokinetic Manipulation and Concentration of Colloidal Particles near an Electrode Surface (with Jae-Sung Kwon, Stuart J. Williams, Nicolas G. Green, Nung Kwan Yip, and Steven Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2010)

We study a recently demonstrated AC electrokinetic technique for manipulation and concentration of colloidal particles...

 

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Optically induced electrokinetic patterning and manipulation of particles (with Stuart J. Williams and Steven Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2009)

The ability to easily and dynamically control fluid mo- tion as well as manipulate particles...

 

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Optical diffusometry techniques and applications in biological agent detection (with Venu M. Gorti, Hao Shang, Gil U. Lee, Nung Kwan Yip, and Steven Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2008)

Optical diffusometry is a technique used for measuring diffusion. This work explores the possibility of...

 

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Electrokinetic patterning of colloidal particles with optical landscapes (with Stuart J. Williams and Steven T. Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2008)

We demonstrate an opto-electrokinetic technique for noninvasive particle manipulation on the surface of a parallelplate...

 

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Open optoelectrowetting droplet actuation (with Han-Sheng Chuang and Steven Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2008)

We present experimental realization of an open optoelectrowetting (o-OEW) device for liquid droplet manipulations. The...

 

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Experiments on opto-electrically generated microfluidic vortices (with Stuart J. Williams and Steven T. Wereley), Birck and NCN Publications (2008)

Strong microfluidic vortices are generated when a near-infrared (1,064 nm) laser beam is focused within...