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Speed enhancement of multi-particle chain in a traveling standing wave
- 1.0384101 - ÚPT 2013 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Šiler, Martin - Čižmár, T. - Zemánek, Pavel
Speed enhancement of multi-particle chain in a traveling standing wave.
Applied Physics Letters. Roč. 100, č. 5 (2012), 051103:1-3. ISSN 0003-6951. E-ISSN 1077-3118
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA202/09/0348; GA MŠMT(CZ) LC06007; GA MŠMT ED0017/01/01
Institutional support: RVO:68081731
Keywords : hydrodynamics * light interference * light propagation * microfluidics * micro-optomechanical devices * optical arrays * radiation pressure
Subject RIV: BH - Optics, Masers, Lasers
Impact factor: 3.794, year: 2012
A moving array of optical traps created by interference of two counter-propagating evanescent waves has been used for delivery of particle chains up to 18 micro-particles long immersed in water. The particles were optically self-arranged into a linear chain with well-separated distances between them. We observed a significant increase in the delivery speed of the whole structure as the number of particles in the chain increased. This could provide faster sample delivery in microfluidic systems. We quantified the contributions to the speed enhancement caused by the optical and hydrodynamic interactions between the particles.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0213848
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