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Novel tuneable optical elements based on nanoparticle suspensions in microfluidics

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ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 1071-1079

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900605

Keywords

Dielectrophoresis; Microfluidics; Nanoparticles; Optical elements

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This work demonstrates the application of dielectrophoretic (DEP) control of silica nanoparticles to form tuneable optical elements within a microfluidic system The implementation consisted of a microfluidic channel with an array of curved microelectrodes along its base. Various DEP conditions were investigated at alternating current voltage amplitudes, flow rates and frequencies from 5 to 15 V, 2 to 10 mu L/min and 0 to 20 MHz, respectively The fluid channel was filled with deionized water suspending silica particles with diameters of 230 and 450 rim Experiments were conducted to demonstrate DEP concentration and deflection of the particles and the impact of these particles distributions on the optical transmission through the fluid channel. Both confinement and scattering of the light were observed depending on the particle dimensions and the parameters of the DEP excitation The results of this investigation illustrate the feasibility of DEP control in an optofluidic system and represent a significant step toward the dynamic formation of electrically controlled liquid optical waveguides

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