Plasmonic gold islands enhanced photobioreactors

Author

Jeyaram, Y. ; Ooms, M. ; Sinton, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

18-21 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

736

Lastpage

738

Abstract

The field of plasmonics provides control of light at the nanometer scale, well below the wavelength of light in free space. Recently, it has been shown that suspensions of plasmonic nanoparticles can be exploited to improve light absorption by micro-algae and that propagating surface plasmons can be used to transfer light to biofilms of photosynthetic bacteria. Here we present our recent work with localized surface plasmons (LSP) excited on gold island films to provide an enhanced physical and optical environment for photosynthetic bacterial cultivation and opportunities for improved photobioreactor design.

Keywords

biological techniques; bioreactors; gold; light absorption; microorganisms; nanobiotechnology; nanoparticles; plasmonics; surface plasmons; suspensions; Au; biofilms; light absorption; light transfer; localized surface plasmon excitation; microalgae; photobioreactor design; photosynthetic bacterial cultivation; plasmonic gold island films; plasmonic nanoparticle suspensions; surface plasmon propagation; Absorption; Films; Glass; Gold; Microorganisms; Plasmons; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2014.6967992

Filename

6967992