Light Robotics - Structure-mediated Nanobiophotonics

Preface

PART 1: ELEMENTS OF LIGHT ROBOTICS
Introduction to Light Robotics
Darwin Palima; Jesper Glückstad

1. Human gesture recognition for optical manipulation and its future nanobiophotonics applications
Daryl Preece; Linda Shi

2. Laser-based assembler and microfluidic applications
Andreas Ostendorf; Janis Koehler; Sarah I. Ksouri; Gordon Zyla; Cemal Esen

3. Opto-mechanical micro-tools & shape-induced forces
David Philips; Stephen H. Simpson; Simon Hana

4. Optically-driven rotating micromachines
Anatolii Kashchuk; Ann A. M. Bui; Shu Zhang; Antoine Houillot; David Carberry; Alexander B. Stilgoe; Timo A. Nieminen; Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

5. Electromagnetic wave enabled micro/nano-robotic devices and their applications
Jianhe Guo; Donglei (Emma) Fan

PART 2: EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES
6. Complex polymer microtools for on-demand contact-free applications
Gaszton Vizsnyiczai; Badri L. Aekbote; András Buzás; Pál Ormos; Lóránd Kelemen

7. Optically Driven Micro- and Nano- Robots
Takeshi Hayakawa; Hisataka Maruyama; Fumihito Arai

8. Enhancement of the second-harmonic generation in lithium niobate nanowires for localized light sources
Anton Sergeyev; Rachel Grange

9. Next Generation Light Robotics
Mark Jayson Villangca; Darwin Palima;Andrew Rafael Bañas; Jesper Glückstad

PART 3: BIOPHOTONICS APPLICATIONS
10. Optical techniques and microtools for sub-cellular delivery and sampling
Duncan Casey; Douglas Wylie; Mark Neil

11. Optically controlled and selective fusion of cells and vesicles using plasmonic nano-heaters
Azra Bahadori; Lene Oddershede; Poul Martin Bendix

12. The application of optically trapped force probes in single molecule biology experiments
Mark R. Pollard; Neil M. Kad

13. Application of optical tweezers for biochemical and thermal cell stimulation
Konrad Berghoff; Steve Keller; Wofgang Gross; Lisa Gebhardt; Holger Kress

14. Controlling autonomous nanobiorobots by optical micromanipulation
Cornelia Denz; Alvaro Barroso Peña

Light Robotics – Structure-Mediated Nanobiophotonics covers the latest means of sculpting of both light and matter for achieving bioprobing and manipulation at the smallest scales. The synergy between photonics, nanotechnology and biotechnology spans the rapidly growing field of nanobiophotonics. Nanoscale resolutions enable optical scientists to assess ever more accurate information. However, scientific hypothesis testing demands tools, not only for observing nanoscopic phenomena, but also for reaching into and manipulating nanoscale constituents.

Taking an application based focus, this book explores how nanophotonics can productively be used in both the biomedical and life sciences, allowing readers to clearly see how structure-mediated nanobiophotonics can be used to increase our engineering toolbox for biology at the smallest scales.

This book will be of great use to researchers and scientists working in the fields of optics and photonics. It will also be of great value to those working in the field of biotechnology, showcasing how nanotechnology can help provide new, effective ways to solve biomedical problems.

• Presents cutting-edge research on the principles, mechanisms, optical techniques, fabrication, modeling, devices and applications of nanobiophotonics
• Brings together the diverse field of structure-mediated nanobiophotonics into one coherent volume
• Showcases how nanophotonics can be used to create new, more effective micro- and nano-biodevices

Academics and R&D researchers interested in the application of photonics and optics in the life and biomedical sciences