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Meléndez M, Alcázar-Cano N, Peláez RP, Sáenz JJ, Delgado-Buscalioni R. Optofluidic control of the dispersion of nanoscale dumbbells. Phys Rev E 2019; 99:022603. [PMID: 30934217 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.022603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Previous research has shown that gold nanoparticles immersed in water in an optical vortex lattice formed by the perpendicular intersection of two standing light waves with a π/2rad phase difference will experience enhanced dispersion that scales with the intensity of the incident laser. We show that flexible nanoscale dumbbells (created by attaching two such gold particles by means of a polymer chain) in the same field display different types of motion depending on the chain length and field intensity. We have not disregarded the secondary optical forces due to light scattering. The dumbbells may disperse, rotate, or remain trapped. For some values of the parameters, the (enhanced) dispersion possesses a displacement distribution with exponential tails, making the motion anomalous, though Brownian.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Meléndez
- Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, 20018, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Shi Y, Xiong S, Chin LK, Zhang J, Ser W, Wu J, Chen T, Yang Z, Hao Y, Liedberg B, Yap PH, Tsai DP, Qiu CW, Liu AQ. Nanometer-precision linear sorting with synchronized optofluidic dual barriers. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaao0773. [PMID: 29326979 PMCID: PMC5756665 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao0773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The past two decades have witnessed the revolutionary development of optical trapping of nanoparticles, most of which deal with trapping stiffness larger than 10-8 N/m. In this conventional regime, however, it remains a formidable challenge to sort out sub-50-nm nanoparticles with single-nanometer precision, isolating us from a rich flatland with advanced applications of micromanipulation. With an insightfully established roadmap of damping, the synchronization between optical force and flow drag force can be coordinated to attempt the loosely overdamped realm (stiffness, 10-10 to 10-8 N/m), which has been challenging. This paper intuitively demonstrates the remarkable functionality to sort out single gold nanoparticles with radii ranging from 30 to 50 nm, as well as 100- and 150-nm polystyrene nanoparticles, with single nanometer precision. The quasi-Bessel optical profile and the loosely overdamped potential wells in the microchannel enable those aforementioned nanoparticles to be separated, positioned, and microscopically oscillated. This work reveals an unprecedentedly meaningful damping scenario that enriches our fundamental understanding of particle kinetics in intriguing optical systems, and offers new opportunities for tumor targeting, intracellular imaging, and sorting small particles such as viruses and DNA.
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- Yuzhi Shi
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an 710049, China
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Corresponding author. (S.X.); (C.-W.Q.); (A.Q.L.)
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 308232, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
- SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Corresponding author. (S.X.); (C.-W.Q.); (A.Q.L.)
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Corresponding author. (S.X.); (C.-W.Q.); (A.Q.L.)
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