“Giant” self-assembled mesostructured silica sphere characterised using a doped fluorophore and an AMOLED mobile screen as the excitation source

Author

Canning, John ; Lau, Angelica ; Naqshbandi, Masood ; Petermann, Ingemar ; Crossley, Maxwell J.

Author_Institution

Interdiscipl. Photonic Labs. (iPL), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011

Firstpage

1499

Lastpage

1501

Abstract

Using the emission for the blue OLED component of a HTC Android Phone, a Rhodamine 123 doped silica mesostructured shell, fabricated by evaporative self-assembly on a super hydrophobic surface, is excited with blue light and the fluorescence image taken. The results demonstrate the potential of smart mobile platforms as optical hardware for portable and intelligent diagnostics as well as illustrating the fabrication of large mesostructured spheres.

Keywords

dyes; fluorescence; hydrophobicity; optical fabrication; optical materials; organic light emitting diodes; self-assembly; silicon compounds; smart phones; AMOLED mobile screen; HTC Android phone; Rhodamine 123 doped silica mesostructured shell; SiO₂; blue OLED component; blue light; doped fluorophore; evaporative self-assembly; excitation source; fluorescence image; giant self-assembled mesostructured silica sphere; intelligent diagnostics; optical hardware; portable diagnostics; smart mobile platforms; superhydrophobic surface; Fluorescence; Mobile communication; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Organic light emitting diodes; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1939-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193707

Filename

6193707