A reconfigurable plasmofluidic lens

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Chenglong ^a   Liu, Yongmin ^b   Zhao, Yanhui ^a   Fang, Nicholas ^c   Huang, Tony Jun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

BIOFILM; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIODE LASER; FILM; LENS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFABRICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 84883081141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3305     Document Type: Article

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