Photorefractive Optoelectronic Tweezers and Their Applications

• Main Author: Esseling, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Nanotechnology.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.

In the never-ending quest for miniaturization, optically controlled particle trapping has opened up new possibilities for handling microscopic matter non-invasively. This thesis presents the application of photorefractive crystals as active substrate materials for optoelectronic tweezers. In these t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Electrokinetic Forces in Inhomogeneous Fields
• Electric Fields and Their Detection in Photorefractive Crystals
• Investigation of Photorefractive Substrate Materials
• Optically-Induced Dielectrophoretic Particle Trapping
• Optofluidic Applications for POT
• Summary
• Appendices.