All-optical control of microfluidic components using form birefringence

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 530-533

  Neale, Steven L ^a   Macdonald, Michael P ^a   Dholakia, Kishan ^a   Krauss, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCATTERING;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DIELECTRIC INTERFACES; MICROGEAR; OPTICAL CONTROL;

BIREFRINGENCE;

BIOMATERIAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMANIPULATION; OPTICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROTATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMANIPULATION; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; OPTICS; ROTATION;

EID: 21844467550     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1411     Document Type: Article

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