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Microfluidics for multiplexing of core needle biopsies

Mojica W.D., Oh K.W., Lee H., Xue X., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Image guided biopsies for the procurement of diagnostic tissue has proven to be safe, cost effective and useful. However, the amount of tissue obtained is often diminutive and may be exhausted for conventional diagnostic purposes. [...]

Numerical Analysis of Coupled Particle-Fluid Transport and Free-Flow Magnetic Sorting in Microfluidic Systems

Liu C., Xue X., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Magnetic beads are increasingly used in microfluidic systems to selectively separate and sort biomaterial from a specimen for a broad range of biomedical and clinical diagnostic applications. Most theoretical studies of such systems have been [...]

Efficient broadband conversion via quantum dots with built-in charge

Sergeev A., Sablon K., Vagidov N., Little J., Mitin V., University at Buffalo, US

Recently proposed by ARL – University at Buffalo team, the Q-BIC technology is a promising basis for developing high-efficiency, broadband (all-weather), rugged, light-weight, scalable, and relatively inexpensive single-junction solar cells capable of converting of 35 [...]

Efficient broadband conversion via quantum dots with built-in charge

Sergeev A., Sablon K., Vagidov N., Little J., Mitin V., University at Buffalo, US

Recently proposed by ARL – University at Buffalo team, the Q-BIC technology is a promising basis for developing high-efficiency, broadband (all-weather), rugged, light-weight, scalable, and relatively inexpensive single-junction solar cells capable of converting of 35 [...]

Plasmonic Enhanced Chiral Metamaterials

Alali F., Kim Y.H., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Metamaterials are artificial materials that are engineered to produce various interesting phenomena such as negative refractivity and sub-diffraction-limit imaging. The majority of metamaterials for THz applications have been fabricated using “top-down” techniques. These methods tend [...]

Analysis of Pulsed-laser Plasmon-enhanced Photothermal Energy Transfer with Applications

Alali F., Karampelas I., Kim Y.H., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

The ability to control the generation and transport of thermal energy with precision at the nanoscale has drawn increased interest in recent years, especially for emerging applications in fields such as nanoparticle synthesis, imaging and [...]

Modeling Nanoscale Plasmon-assisted Bubble Nucleation and Applications

Furlani E.P., Swihart M.T., Litchinitser N., Delametter C.N., Carter M., University at Buffalo, US

Metallic nanoparticles exhibit a plasmon resonance at optical frequencies that enables efficient conversion of optical to thermal energy at the nanoscale. This photothermal coupling can be leveraged for various applications using femtosecond-pulsed laser illumination tuned [...]

Analysis of an Optofluidic Biochemical Sensor

Furlani E.P., Biswas R., Litchinitser N.M., University at Buffalo, US

In this presentation we introduce a novel optofuidic biochemical sensor in which detection is based on the contrast between the refractive index of a target biomaterial and the ambient carrier fluid. The sensor consists of [...]

Particle Transport in Magnetophoretic Microsystems

Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

Magnetophoretic microsystems are finding increasing use in biotechnology and biomedicine for applications such as bioseparation and immuno-assays. These microfluidic systems typically contain embedded elements that produce a magnetic field distribution within a microchannel. This applied [...]

Modeling Magnetic Transport of Nanoparticles with Application to Magnetofection

Furlani E.P., Ng K.C., University at Buffalo, US

Magnetic nanoparticles are finding increasing use in a broad range of bioapplications, primarily as carrier particles for biomaterials such as cells, proteins, antigens and DNA. The use of biofunctional magnetic particles enables selective immobilization and [...]