ArticleBiomicrofluidics2010
Optofluidic tunable microlens by manipulating the liquid meniscus using a flared microfluidic structure.
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- Plasmofluidics: Merging Light and Fluids at the Micro-/Nanoscale.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2015Review
- Optofluidic imaging: now and beyond.Lab on a chip · 2013Article
- A droplet-based, optofluidic device for high-throughput, quantitative bioanalysis.Analytical chemistry · 2012Article
- A single-layer, planar, optofluidic switch powered by acoustically driven, oscillating microbubbles.Applied physics letters · 2012Article
- An integrated, multiparametric flow cytometry chip using "microfluidic drifting" based three-dimensional hydrodynamic focusing.Biomicrofluidics · 2012Article
- Preface to special topic: optofluidics.Biomicrofluidics · 2010Article
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Abstract
We have designed, demonstrated, and characterized a simple, novel in-plane tunable optofluidic microlens. The microlens is realized by utilizing the interface properties between two different fluids: CaCl(2)solution and air. A constant contact angle of ∼90° is the pivotal factor resulting in the outward bowing and convex shape of the CaCl(2) solution-air interface. The contact angle at the CaCl(2) solution-air interface is maintained by a flared structure in the polydimethylsiloxane channel. The resulting bowing interface, coupled with the refractive index difference between the two fluids, results in effective in-plane focusing. The versatility of such a design is confirmed by characterizing the intensity of a traced beam experimentally and comparing the observed focal points with those obtained via ray-tracing simulations. With the radius of curvature conveniently controlled via fluid injection, the resulting microlens has a readily tunable focal length. This ease of operation, outstandingly low fluid usage, large range tunable focal length, and in-plane focusing ability make this lens suitable for many potential lab-on-a-chip applications such as particle manipulation, flow cytometry, and in-plane optical trapping.
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