Tunable optofluidic microlens through active pressure control of an air-liquid interface

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 313-318

  Shi, Jinjie ^a   Stratton, Zak ^a   Lin, Sz Chin Steven ^a   Huang, Hua ^a   Huang, Tony Jun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air liquid interface; Microfluidics; Optofluidic; Tunable lens

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PRESSURE CONTROL; AIR LIQUID INTERFACES; AIR RESERVOIRS; CELL SORTING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOCAL LENGTHS; FOCAL POINTS; IN-PLANE; INCIDENT LIGHT BEAMS; INTERFACE CURVATURES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; LIGHT INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID STREAMS; MICRO-LENS; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; OPTOFLUIDIC; RAPID TUNING; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; STRAIGHT CHANNEL; TUNABILITIES; TUNABLE LENS;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHIPS; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROLENSES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SILICONES; TUNING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77956100202     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0548-9     Document Type: Article

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