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Plasmon-enhanced Optical Rotation in Nanostructured Metasurfaces

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

Advancements in nanotechnology have enabled the realization of unique artificial materials for applications in the field of nanophotonics. Such metamaterials are engineered with sub-wavelength features to provide extraordinary optical properties such as negative refraction1, slow [...]

Analysis of Stem Cell Culture Performance in a Microcarrier Bioreactor System

Ponnuru K., Wu J., Ashok P., Tzanakakis E.S., Furlani E.P., SUNY-Buffalo, US

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are capable of differentiating into all somatic cell types and hold great potential for future clinical applications. Recent studies on cell culture in stirred tank bioreactors indicate that mechanical forces [...]

Open-Surface Microfluidics

Berthier J., Brakke K.A., Furlani E.P., Karampelas I.H., Delapierre G., CEA-LETI, FR

The developments of open-surface microfluidics (OSM) for biotechnology are recent, and motivated by the development of point-of-care (POC) and home-care systems. The advantages of capillary systems are (1) low cost due to easy and fast [...]

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 [...]

Field-directed and Template-assisted Magnetic Nanoparticle Self-assembly

Xue X., Furlani E.P., SUNY at Buffalo, US

The interest in field-directed assembly of colloidal magnetic nanoparticles has grown steadily in recent years due to a proliferation of applications including targeted drug therapy, biomedical imaging, among others. Such self-assembly holds promise as a [...]

Numerical Analysis of Laser Induced Photothermal Effects using Colloidal Plasmonic Nanostructures

Karampelas I.H., Kim Y.H., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo (SUNY), US

Colloidal plasmonic nanostructures are finding increasing use in a variety of applications that range from nanoparticle synthesis to bioimaging to medical therapy. In many such applications, a pulsed laser is used to heat plasmonic nanostructures [...]

Effect of Support Structure on Permeance of Thin Film Composite Membranes

Ponnuru K., Lin H., Furlani E.P., SUNY-Buffalo, US

The production of potable water has become a worldwide concern to meet the demand of a growing population. The reverse osmosis (RO) membrane is the leading technology for desalination installations to produce drinkable water, due [...]

Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of the Human Eye

Karampelas I.H., Furlani E.P., Nunez A., Vizzeri G., State University of New York at Buffalo, US

The human eye is a complex organ consisting of multiple different tissues with varying mechanical properties and functionality. Hence, there are many aspects of the biomechanical behavior of the eye that are not understood. In [...]

Numerical Analysis of Microfluidic Magnetic Bead Separation Utilizing an Integrated Array of Magnetic Elements Magnetized by a Homogenous Bias Field

Khashan S.A., Furlani E.P., United Arab Emirates University and University at Buffalo, US

Magnetic particles are finding increasing use in microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip systems especially for bioapplications where they are commonly used to label, sort and separate target biomaterials from a sample. In this presentation we analyze the [...]

Magnetic Nanoparticle Dynamics and Assembly Phenomena in External Magnetic Fields

Xue X., Furlani E.P., SUNY-Buffalo, US

The interest in magnetic nanoparticles and ferrofluids has grown substantially in recent years as their applications continue to proliferate. Current applications are diverse and include the transport of biomolecules and therapeutic drugs [1], gene transfection [...]