View source for September 12, 2014: Chemical identification and surface measurements on nanoparticles using the NanoTweezer

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|facility=MPI-CBG LMF
|topic=Seminar: Optofluidics - NanoTweezer Technology
|text=In this talk, Dr. Abbey Weith overview Optofluidics’ NanoTweezer
Technology, the first commercial system capable of performing chemical
identification and direct surface measurements on single nanoparticles
in solution. Using proprietary nanophotonic devices and microfluidics,
the NanoTweezer works by directly optically trapping small scale objects
in solution and analyzing their scattered light, enabling the system to
extract meaningful physical and chemical parameters. Unlike traditional
free space optical traps which are light diffraction limited and thus
can only influence dielectric objects larger than a hundred nanometers
in size, the NanoTweezer technology is powered by proprietary
nanophotonic waveguides which are engineered to exert stronger optical
forces via light confinement and resonance, enabling a technological
leap in trapping and analysis capability. The talk will cover the
technology’s working principles (including waveguide capturing and
single particle Raman spectroscopy) and its applications to
nanomedicine, nanotoxicology and other fields. The system is
commercially available in Germany.
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|category=news
|date=2014/12/2
|user=Hella
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