Title :
Optical thermophoresis for the manipulation and detection of biomolecules
Author :
Li-Hsien Yu ; Yih-Fan Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
We use thermophoresis to accumulate and quantify biomolecules under a laser-induced temperature gradient. As biomolecules accumulate at the heated region, the concentration of the molecules can be determined based on the level of accumulation.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biothermics; molecular biophysics; biomolecule detection; biomolecule manipulation; heated region; laser-induced temperature gradient; molecule concentration; optical thermophoresis; DNA; Fluorescence; Gold; Heating; Molecular biophysics; Nanoparticles; Optical buffering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
