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Optofluidics: Techniques for Fabrication and Integration

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Photofluidic devices

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Optofluidic devices integrate within themselves elements of microfluidics, optics, and electronics. Although methods for fabricating each of the components separately are reasonably well known, difficult challenges exist in developing architectures that enable the integration of all these functionalities onto a single device. Though approaches differ from device to device, the goal is to make fabrication as easy and affordable as possible. In this entry, we present an overview of the fabrication technologies and integration architectures for optofluidic devices. We will also discuss these techniques in the context of a sampling of the state of the art from the literature.

Overview

Choosing an appropriate fabrication process and integration architecture for optofluidic devices requires the designer to consider a number of different issues ranging from material restrictions (e.g., optical transparency range, electrical insulation, and...

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  1. Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    David Erickson & Roman Akhmechet

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  1. David Erickson
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  1. VU Station B 351592, Vanderbilt University Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Dongqing Li

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Erickson, D., Akhmechet, R. (2014). Optofluidics: Techniques for Fabrication and Integration. In: Li, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27758-0_1166-2

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