Furlani E.P. – Page 5 – TechConnect Briefs

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 [...]

Magneto-plasmonic Nanoplatforms for Enhanced Bioimaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Kopwitthaya A., Ohulchanskyy T.Y., Jeon M., Law W-C., Xie Q., Chada R.R., Xue X., Furlani E.P., Kim C., Prasad P.N., University at Buffalo (SUNY), US

Multifunctional nanoplatforms are finding increasing use in a host of emerging applications in the fields of biophotonics and nanomedicine where they are used to target, probe, image and treat tissue at the cellular and subcellular [...]

Modeling Particle-Fluid Coupling and its Impact on Magnetic Particle Transport in Microfluidic Systems

Khashan S.A., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo (SUNY), US

Applications of magnetic particles have grown dramatically in recent years, especially for emerging microfluidic applications in the fields of microbiology, nanomedicine and biotechnology where they are commonly used to sort and separate biomaterials. Magnetic particles [...]

Modeling Fluid Structure-Interactions for Biomechanic Analysis of the Human Eye

Furlani E.P., Nunez A., Vizzeri G., University at Buffalo (SUNY), US

The human eye is a highly complex organ that consists of multiple different tissues with different properties and functionality, as well as pressurized fluid compartments with limited flow. Owing to this complexity, there are many [...]

Analysis and Measurement of Ink Media Interactions in Inkjet Printing

Sharma R., Bedford E., Brys B., Viswanath K.T., Furlani E.P., Cabot Corporation, US

The development of modern inkjet printing systems is a complex process that requires an interdisciplinary team to address numerous critical and fundamental issues encountered throughout the commercialization cycle. An inkjet development effort spans a broad [...]

A Negative Index Metamaterial Waveguide for De-Multiplexing

Vidal X., Baev A., Furlani E.P., Prasad P.N., The Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, US

In this presentation, we propose a novel metamaterial-based waveguide coupler for use as a de-multiplexer at telecommunication wavelengths. Currently, there have been relatively few studies of guided modes in left-handed waveguides; these have indentified some [...]

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 [...]

Laser Writing of Metallic Nanostructures in a Polymer Matrix with Applications to Metamaterials

Shukla S., Vidal X., Furlani E.P., Swihart M.T., Prasad P.N., Harvard University, US

We present a novel laser-based method for directly writing metallic nanostructures in a polymer matrix with sub-wavelength resolution [1]. The method involves two-photon lithography (TPL) in which a femtosecond-pulsed laser induces two-photon initiated in situ [...]

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 [...]