{"title":"Spectral and dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystal doped semiconductor quantum dots CdSe/ZnS","authors":"M. Kurachkina, D. Shcherbinin, E. A. Konshina","doi":"10.1117/12.2179024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179024","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the absorption and luminescence spectra and the low-frequency spectra of dielectric losses of the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) suspensions with quantum dots (QDs) CdSe/ZnS with a core diameter of 3.5 nm and 5.0 nm. The changing of luminescence intensity and dielectric losses in the region below 103 Hz were observed as result variation of a concentration and a QDs size in the spectra of NLC/QDs suspensions in comparison with the pure NLC. Luminescence quenching of the NLC and the increase of dielectric loss in the spectra were found with the increasing CdSe/ZnS concentration in interval between 0.07 - 0.3 wt. %.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134595247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Kaprou, G. Papadakis, G. Kokkoris, V. Papadopoulos, I. Kefala, D. Papageorgiou, E. Gizeli, A. Tserepi
{"title":"Miniaturized devices towards an integrated lab-on-a-chip platform for DNA diagnostics","authors":"G. Kaprou, G. Papadakis, G. Kokkoris, V. Papadopoulos, I. Kefala, D. Papageorgiou, E. Gizeli, A. Tserepi","doi":"10.1117/12.2181953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181953","url":null,"abstract":"Microfluidics is an emerging technology enabling the development of Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems for clinical diagnostics, drug discovery and screening, food safety and environmental analysis. LOC systems integrate and scale down one or several laboratory functions on a single chip of a few mm2 to cm2 in size, and account for many advantages on biochemical analyses, such as low sample and reagent consumption, low cost, reduced analysis time, portability and point-of-need compatibility. Currently, available nucleic acid diagnostic tests take advantage of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) that allows exponential amplification of portions of nucleic acid sequences that can be used as indicators for the identification of various diseases. Here, we present a comparison between static chamber and continuous flow miniaturized PCR devices, in terms of energy consumption for devices fabricated on the same material stack, with identical sample volume and channel dimensions. The comparison is implemented by a computational study coupling heat transfer in both solid and fluid, mass conservation of species, and joule heating. Based on the conclusions of this study, we develop low-cost and fast DNA amplification devices for both PCR and isothermal amplification, and we implement them in the detection of mutations related to breast cancer. The devices are fabricated by mass production amenable technologies on printed circuit board (PCB) substrates, where copper facilitates the incorporation of on-chip microheaters, defining the thermal zones necessary for PCR or isothermal amplification methods.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"161 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114810304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel nanoplasmonic biosensor integrated in a microfluidic channel","authors":"V. Solís-Tinoco, B. Sepúlveda, L. Lechuga","doi":"10.1117/12.2178990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178990","url":null,"abstract":"An important motivation of the actual biosensor research is to develop a multiplexed sensing platform of high sensitivity fabricated with large-scale and low-cost technologies for applications such as diagnosis and monitoring of diseases, drug discovery and environmental control. Biosensors based on localized plasmon resonance (LSPR) have demonstrated to be a novel and effective platform for quantitative detection of biological and chemical analytes. Here, we describe a novel label-free nanobiosensor consisting of an array of closely spaced, vertical, elastomeric nanopillars capped with plasmonic gold nanodisks in a SU-8 channel. The principle is based on the refractive index sensing using the LSPR of gold nanodisks. The fabrication of the nanobiosensor is based on replica molding technique and gold nanodisks are incorporated on the polymer structures by e-beam evaporation. In this work, we provide the strategies for controlling the silicon nanostructure replication using thermal polymers and photopolymers with different Young's modulus, in order to minimize the common distortions in the process and to obtain a reliable replica of the Si master. The master mold of the biosensor consists of a hexagonal array of silicon nanopillars, whose diameter is ~200 nm, and whose height can range from 250 nm to 1.300 μm, separated 400 nm from the center to center, integrated in a SU-8 microfluidic channel.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128729903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microfabrication of multi-layered electrodes for dielectrophoresis-based field flow fractionation","authors":"B. Mathew, A. Alazzam, S. Khashan","doi":"10.1117/12.2179007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179007","url":null,"abstract":"This article details the process layout required for realizing a three-dimensional arrangement of electrodes in a microfluidic device for field flow fractionation based on dielectrophoresis. The metal electrodes are placed horizontally, in a stair-case arrangement, and pass through the bulk of the fluid. Several standard microfabrication processes are employed, in realizing this microdevice, including multi-layer photolithography, casting and plasma bonding. Thus the process layout is repeatable and reproducible. The feasibility of this process layout is demonstrated using three electrodes arranged in aforementioned manner; nevertheless, this process can be extended to as many electrodes as desired in the horizontal direction. This process layout can will make applications possible that were not possible till date due to the inability in microfabricating three-dimensional horizontal metal electrodes that run through the entire width of the microchannel.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114263307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Yuryev, K. Chizh, Valery V. Chapnin, V. P. Kalinushkin
{"title":"Metal silicide/Si thin-film Schottky-diode bolometers","authors":"V. Yuryev, K. Chizh, Valery V. Chapnin, V. P. Kalinushkin","doi":"10.1117/12.2178487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178487","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, we have demonstrated Ni silicide/poly-Si diodes as a budget alternative to SOI-diode temperature sensors in uncooled microbolometer FPAs. This paper introduces a solution still more suitable for industry: We have developed PtSi/poly-Si Schottky diodes for microbolometers. Ease of integration of the PtSi/poly-Si diode formation process into the CMOS technology, in analogy with the internal photoemission PtSi/Si IR FPAs, is the merit of the PtSi/poly-Si sensors. Now we demonstrate PtSi/poly-Si diode microbolometers and propose them as a promising solution for focal plane arrays.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122465314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biological implications of lab-on-a-chip devices fabricated using multi-jet modelling and stereolithography processes","authors":"F. Zhu, N. Macdonald, J. Skommer, D. Wlodkowic","doi":"10.1117/12.2180743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2180743","url":null,"abstract":"Current microfabrication methods are often restricted to two-dimensional (2D) or two and a half dimensional (2.5D) structures. Those fabrication issues can be potentially addressed by emerging additive manufacturing technologies. Despite rapid growth of additive manufacturing technologies in tissue engineering, microfluidics has seen relatively little developments with regards to adopting 3D printing for rapid fabrication of complex chip-based devices. This has been due to two major factors: lack of sufficient resolution of current rapid-prototyping methods (usually >100 μm ) and optical transparency of polymers to allow in vitro imaging of specimens. We postulate that adopting innovative fabrication processes can provide effective solutions for prototyping and manufacturing of chip-based devices with high-aspect ratios (i.e. above ration of 20:1). This work provides a comprehensive investigation of commercially available additive manufacturing technologies as an alternative for rapid prototyping of complex monolithic Lab-on-a-Chip devices for biological applications. We explored both multi-jet modelling (MJM) and several stereolithography (SLA) processes with five different 3D printing resins. Compared with other rapid prototyping technologies such as PDMS soft lithography and infrared laser micromachining, we demonstrated that selected SLA technologies had superior resolution and feature quality. We also for the first time optimised the post-processing protocols and demonstrated polymer features under scanning electronic microscope (SEM). Finally we demonstrate that selected SLA polymers have optical properties enabling high-resolution biological imaging. A caution should be, however, exercised as more work is needed to develop fully bio-compatible and non-toxic polymer chemistries.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123975012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Häyrinen, A. Bera, M. Roussey, M. Kuittinen, S. Honkanen
{"title":"ALD-tuned titanium dioxide nanophotonics","authors":"M. Häyrinen, A. Bera, M. Roussey, M. Kuittinen, S. Honkanen","doi":"10.1117/12.2178132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178132","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate the possibilities of atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and improve the quality of nanowaveguide devices of a different kind in TiO2 platform. In particular, we present an original re-coating method of improving the quality of amorphous TiO2 strip waveguides, which reduces the propagation losses significantly. Then we demonstrate how atomic layer deposition technology makes it possible to fabricate very precise slot waveguides and to tune the geometrical parameters of nanobeam cavities operating with visible light. The main fabrication methods of the presented structures are electron beam lithography, reactive ion etching and atomic layer deposition.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125362183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Brandhoff, S. van den Driesche, F. Lucklum, M. Vellekoop
{"title":"Creation of hydrophilic microfluidic devices for biomedical application through stereolithography","authors":"L. Brandhoff, S. van den Driesche, F. Lucklum, M. Vellekoop","doi":"10.1117/12.2179562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179562","url":null,"abstract":"We present a method to graft a layer of poly-ethylene-glycol (PEG) to the surface of stereo-lithography fabricated or 3D-printed microfluidic devices rendering it hydrophilic and repellent to the adhesion of proteins. The PEG forms a rigid bond with the surface that is more stable than many coatings or surface treatments. This makes stereolithography much more attractive as a prototyping platform for microfluidics. The method has been proven with two different resins by different manufacturers, showing the universality of said treatment.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121656910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Fomin, M. Fomina, I. Rodionov, V. Koshuro, N. Petrova, A. Skaptsov, V. Atkin
{"title":"Oxide-bioceramic coatings obtained on titanium items by the induction heat treatment and modified with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles","authors":"A. Fomin, M. Fomina, I. Rodionov, V. Koshuro, N. Petrova, A. Skaptsov, V. Atkin","doi":"10.1117/12.2180134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2180134","url":null,"abstract":"Prospective composite bioceramic titania coatings were obtained on intraosseous implants fabricated from cp-titanium and medical titanium alloy VT16 (Ti-2.5Al-5Mo-5V). Consistency changes of morphological characteristics, mechanical properties and biocompatibility of experimental titanium implant coatings obtained by oxidation during induction heat treatment are defined. Technological recommendations for obtaining bioceramic coatings with extremely high strength on titanium items surface are given.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124991540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Kovalova, S. Kondratenko, A. Yakovlev, C. Furrow, V. Kunets, M. Ware, G. Salamo
{"title":"Generation-recombination processes in InGaAs/GaAs heterostructures with one-dimensional nanostructures","authors":"M. Kovalova, S. Kondratenko, A. Yakovlev, C. Furrow, V. Kunets, M. Ware, G. Salamo","doi":"10.1117/12.2178684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178684","url":null,"abstract":"Structures with one-dimensional quantum objects in intermediate band are promising for their application in solar cells and photodetectors. We present analysis of dark current-voltage characteristics, photo-voltage decay and photo-voltage spectra for this structures in comparison with reference GaAs based structures. It has been shown that InGaAs quantum wires make a significant influence on J-V dependences and photo-voltage spectra. InGaAs QWRS are additional recombination centers and transitions between them dominated over by Shockley-Read-Hall recombination at low bias. The InGaAs/GaAs sample shows a significantly higher photo-voltage in the spectral range of 1.25-1.37 eV, as compared to a reference GaAs p-n junction, due to intermediate band transitions in the quantum wires.","PeriodicalId":232941,"journal":{"name":"Microtechnologies for the New Millennium","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126278630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}