Title :
Study of the dipole-dipole interaction between metallic nanowires trapped using optoelectronic tweezers (OET)
Author :
Jamshidi, Arash ; Pauzauskie, Peter J. ; Ohta, Aaron T. ; Huang, Jiaxing ; Neale, Steven ; Hsu, Hsan-Yin ; Valley, Justin ; Yang, Peidong ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We present a study of dipole-dipole interaction between silver nanowires trapped using optoelectronic tweezers. Measurement of the maximum repulsion force between nanowires and self-assembly of nanowires to achieve the lowest potential energy configuration are demonstrated.
Keywords :
electrophoresis; nanowires; potential energy surfaces; radiation pressure; self-assembly; silver; Ag; dipole-dipole interaction; optoelectronic tweezers; potential energy; repulsion force; self-assembly; silver nanowires; Chemistry; Dielectrophoresis; Electric fields; Force measurement; Laboratories; Nanowires; Nonuniform electric fields; Optical sensors; Silver; Voltage; (170.4520) Optical confinement and manipulation; (350.4855) Optical tweezers or optical manipulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
