Universal optothermal micro/nanoscale rotors

H Ding, PS Kollipara, Y Kim, A Kotnala, J Li, Z Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Rotation of micro/nano-objects is important for micro/nanorobotics, three-dimensional
imaging, and lab-on-a-chip systems. Optical rotation techniques are especially attractive …

Strongly stretched protein resistant poly (ethylene glycol) brushes prepared by grafting-to

G Emilsson, RL Schoch, L Feuz… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We present a new grafting-to method for resistant “non-fouling” poly (ethylene glycol)
brushes, which is based on grafting of polymers with reactive end groups in 0.9 M Na2SO4 …

Highly‐Adaptable Optothermal Nanotweezers for Trapping, Sorting, and Assembling across Diverse Nanoparticles

J Chen, J Zhou, Y Peng, X Dai, Y Tan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Optical manipulation of various kinds of nanoparticles is vital in biomedical engineering.
However, classical optical approaches demand higher laser power and are constrained by …

Programmable multimodal optothermal manipulation of synthetic particles and biological cells

H Ding, Z Chen, PS Kollipara, Y Liu, Y Kim, S Huang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Optical manipulation of tiny objects has benefited many research areas ranging from physics
to biology to micro/nanorobotics. However, limited manipulation modes, intense lasers with …

Wide-field optical detection of nanoparticles using on-chip microscopy and self-assembled nanolenses

O Mudanyali, E McLeod, W Luo, A Greenbaum… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The direct observation of nanoscale objects is a challenging task for optical microscopy
because the scattering from an individual nanoparticle is typically weak at optical …

Lessons from high-throughput protein crystallization screening: 10 years of practical experience

JR Luft, EH Snell, GT DeTitta - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: X-ray crystallography provides the majority of our structural biological
knowledge at a molecular level and, in terms of pharmaceutical design, is a valuable tool to …

Macroporous hydrogels derived from aqueous dynamic phase separation

N Broguiere, A Husch, G Palazzolo, F Bradke… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
A method to generate injectable macroporous hydrogels based on partitioning of
polyethylene glycol (PEG) and high viscous polysaccharides is presented. Step growth …

Synthesis of photodegradable macromers for conjugation and release of bioactive molecules

DR Griffin, JL Schlosser, SF Lam, TH Nguyen… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Hydrogel scaffolds are used in biomedicine to study cell differentiation and tissue evolution,
where it is critical to control the delivery of chemical cues both spatially and temporally …

Densities, viscosities, and self-diffusion coefficients of ethylene glycol oligomers

MM Hoffmann, RH Horowitz, T Gutmann… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is gaining interest as an alternative green solvent in chemical
synthesis and processing. This report presents density and viscosity data from 293.15 K to …

Optofluidic transport and manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles by thermocapillary convection

F Winterer, CM Maier, C Pernpeintner, T Lohmüller - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Optothermal control of fluid motion has been suggested as a powerful way of controlling
nanomaterials in micro-or nanofluidic samples. Methods based on merely thermal …