Title :
Photothermal heating enabled by plasmonic nanoantennas for electrokinetic manipulation and sorting of submicron particles
Author :
Ndukaife, Justus C. ; Mishra, Anadi ; Guler, Urcan ; Agwu Nnanna, A.G. ; Wereley, Steve ; Boltasseva, Alexandra
Author_Institution :
Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
The photo-induced collective heating enabled by a plasmonic nanoantenna array is for the first time harnessed for rapid concentration, manipulation and sorting of particles, with high throughput. This work could find application in biosensing, and surface enhanced spectroscopies.
Keywords :
biosensors; nanophotonics; optical arrays; photothermal effects; plasmonics; radiation pressure; biosensing; electrokinetic manipulation; particle manipulation; photo-induced collective heating; photothermal heating; plasmonic nanoantenna array; rapid concentration; submicron particle sorting; surface enhanced spectroscopies; Arrays; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Heating; Nanobioscience; Plasmons; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
