Optofluidic microsystems for chemical and biological analysis

Optofluidic microsystems for chemical and biological analysis

Optofluidics — the synergistic integration of photonics and microfluidics — is a new analytical field that provides a number of unique characteristics for enhancing the sensing performance and simplifying the design of microsystems. This Review describes various optofluidic architectures developed o...

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Published in:Nature photonics Vol. 5; no. 10; pp. 591 - 597
Main Authors: Fan, Xudong, White, Ian M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-10-2011
Nature Publishing Group
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Applied and Technical Physics
Architecture
Biological
Biological analysis
Design engineering
Detection
Mathematical analysis
Microfluidics
Nanoparticles
Photonics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Physics
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Summary:Optofluidics — the synergistic integration of photonics and microfluidics — is a new analytical field that provides a number of unique characteristics for enhancing the sensing performance and simplifying the design of microsystems. This Review describes various optofluidic architectures developed over the past five years, emphasizes the mechanisms by which optofluidics enhances biological/chemical analytic capabilities, including sensing and the precise control of biological micro- and nanoparticles, and also highlights new research directions to which the field of optofluidics may lead.
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Author contributions X.F. and I.M.W. contributed equally to this article.
ISSN:1749-4885
1749-4893
DOI:10.1038/nphoton.2011.206