Optofluidic Devices and Their Versatile Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2022) | Viewed by 227
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied optics and plasmonics; functional materials in nano-optics; chemical, biochemical & environmental sensing applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optofluidics represents the novel discipline of on-chip light–fluid interactions that integrate multifunctional microfluidics and advanced optical techniques. It can provide an inexpensive, convenient, and compatible optical platform for manipulating and analyzing fluid samples with a high level of integration; therefore, tackling many scientific difficulties and achieving practical applications. In recent years, a substantial growth in optofluidic developments has been witnessed, including the introduction of advanced nanophotonic concepts, the employment of high-resolution 3D opto-microfluidic fabrication technologies, the innovation of integrated optical units, and the combination with novel biotechnologies. All these advancements enable the successful implementation of optofluidic technologies in many cutting-edge applications, including tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemics. In this Special Issue, we aim to cover the latest advances and progress in optofluidic devices and cutting-edge applications. This unifying theme can bring together different perspectives and encourage the cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas. Notably, we hope to see a diversity of optofluidic tools and nanophotonic technologies originating from different areas, including, but not limited to:
- Emerging optical and nanophotonic-based microfluidic designs;
- Nanofabrication techniques for optofluidics and enhanced on-chip light–fluidic interactions;
- Experimental research and/or computational exploration on nanoscale optofluidics;
- Advanced nanotechnologies used in characterizing the optofluidics;
- Novel applications with optofluidics;
- Optofluidics for imaging, sensing, and biosensing applications;
- Optofluidics for photochemical and photothermal applications.
We invite contributions of original research, review, and mini-review articles in the above-mentioned areas.
Dr. Guangyu Qiu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optofluidics
- 3D printing
- micro/nanofabrication
- nanophotonics
- microfluidics
- biosensing
- imaging
- integrated optics
- lab-on-chip
- light–fluidic interaction
- light–matter interaction
- photochemistry
- photothermal
- optoelectronics
- point-of-care
- optical MEMS
- optical waveguide
- two-photo polymerization
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