• DocumentCode
    1667246
  • Title

    Plasmon enhanced cultivation of cyanobacteria for bioenergy

  • Author

    Ooms, Matthew D. ; Sieben, Vincent J. ; Pierobon, Scott C. ; Sinton, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Mech. & Ind. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A method of cell cultivation is presented in which photosynthetic cyanobacteria cells are grown by excitation of their photocenters by a plasmon enhanced evanescent field on the surface of thin gold films.
  • Keywords
    bioenergy conversion; biotechnology; cellular biophysics; microorganisms; photosynthesis; plasmons; bioenergy; cell cultivation method; photocenter excitation; photosynthetic cyanobacteria cells; plasmon enhanced cultivation; plasmon enhanced evanescent field; thin gold films; Films; Fuels; Gold; Meteorology; Microorganisms; Optical surface waves; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326169