Search results for optofluidics
Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis
Jun 30, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest ...
Using light to move and trap DNA molecules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 02, 2009 |
5 / 5 (8) |
3
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major goal of nanotechnology research is to create a "lab on a chip," in which a tiny biological sample would be carried through microscopic channels for processing. This could make possible ...
Physicists Explain Why Liquid Optical Fibers Don't Collapse
Jul 29, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 (34) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- For several years, physicists have known that liquid columns can be used to guide light. By trapping a light beam, a liquid column can act like an optical fiber, but with a liquid sheathing ...
Research on New Types of Optical Devices Modifies Optics
Physics /
Jul 30, 2004 |
2 / 5 (1) |
0
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded an $8 million, four-year, basic-research program grant to the California Institute of Technology to initiate research in photonics technologies. The technical focus of the effort will be on optofluidics ...
