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Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment
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Engineering
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JoVE Journal Engineering
Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment
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09:13 min

April 04, 2017

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:47Manufacturing the PDMS Microchannel
  • 01:56Etching a Nanohole into a Gold Plate
  • 04:12Microchip Assembly
  • 05:21Laser Coupling and Insertion of the SMF Cable to the Microchip
  • 06:39Plasmonic Trapping of Single Fluorescent Polystyrene Particles
  • 07:53Results: Trapping and Releasing of Fluorescent Polystyrene Particles
  • 08:29Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

A microchip fabrication process that incorporates plasmonic tweezers is presented here. The microchip enables the imaging of a trapped particle to measure maximal trapping forces.

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