Title :
Optomechanical protein switch
Author :
Mondia, P. ; Yuen, S.P. ; Dabrowski, T. ; Cronin-Golomb, M. ; Kaplan, D.L. ; Omenetto, F.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate photomechanical actuation by measuring the variation of the diffracted orders in a free-standing nanopatterned diazonium-modified silk fibroin film by modulating a blue excitation light source.
Keywords :
bio-optics; light sources; optical modulation; optical switches; blue excitation light source modulation; free-standing nanopatterned diazonium-modified silk fibroin film; optomechanical protein switch; photomechanical actuation; Charge coupled devices; Detectors; Diffraction gratings; Monitoring; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Proteins; Sensor arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
