Title :
Optical MEMS and nano-photonics for diagnostics
Author :
Ohta, Aaron T. ; Hsu, Hsan-Yin ; Jamshidi, Arash ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We present the capabilities of the optoelectronic tweezers device (OET) as related to medical diagnostics. OET is capable of single-cell manipulation and discrimination. Furthermore, nanoscale structures can be manipulated with OET to create sensors and probes.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biomedical engineering; micro-optomechanical devices; nanobiotechnology; nanophotonics; patient diagnosis; radiation pressure; biomedical probes; biosensors; medical diagnostics; nanophotonics; nanoscale structures; optical MEMS; optoelectronic tweezers device; single cell discrimination; single cell manipulation; Biomedical optical imaging; Dielectrophoresis; Electrodes; Medical diagnosis; Micromechanical devices; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Probes; Optoelectronic tweezers; dielectrophoresis; nanowire manipulation;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2008. BioCAS 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2878-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2879-3
DOI :
10.1109/BIOCAS.2008.4696945
