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
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