Title :
Local heating of individual droplets using photothermal effects of gold nanorods
Author :
Zhiyong Li ; Pan Wang ; Limin Tong ; Lei Zhang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
We present an efficient method to locally heat individual microfluidic droplets using photothermal effects of gold nanorods. A nanoliter droplet was heated to over 80 °C under illumination of a 13.6 mW heating laser.
Keywords :
drops; gold; laser beam machining; micro-optics; microfluidics; nanorods; photothermal effects; gold nanorods; local heating; microfluidic droplets; photothermal effects; power 13.6 mW; temperature 80 degC;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
