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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
