Plasmonic nanotweezers: Strong influence of adhesion layer and nanostructure orientation on trapping performance

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 9591-9603

  Roxworthy, Brian J ^a   Toussaint, Kimani C ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; GOLD; HEAT GENERATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SUBSTRATES;

ADHESION LAYER; BOW TIE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INCIDENT ILLUMINATION; NANOANTENNA ARRAYS; NANOTWEEZERS; OPTICAL TRAP; PERFORMANCE; PLASMONICS; TRAP STIFFNESS;

PLASMONICS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROMANIPULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; LIGHT; MICROMANIPULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84861163325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.009591     Document Type: Article

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