Novel multiphase optical nanodomains, metamaterials, and their role into molecular imaging, endocrinology, nanophotonics, and optical microfluidics

Author

Giakos, G.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Akron, Akron, OH

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

16

Abstract

This paper reports new discoveries in the area of molecular optics and nanophotonics with potential applications in the areas of imaging, molecular imaging, endocrinology, optical microfluidics, and biomedical microdevices. The outcome of this study suggests that liquid multiphase macromolecules and liquid colloids give rise to the formation of molecular heterogeneous structures, and multiphase nanodomains, with enhanced index of refraction contrast, and pronounced metamaterial characteristics, which contribute significantly to the enhancement of interacting optical fields.

Keywords

colloids; metamaterials; micro-optics; microfluidics; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; refractive index; endocrinology; liquid colloids; metamaterials; molecular heterogeneous structures; molecular imaging; multiphase optical nanodomains; nanophotonics; optical microfluidics; refraction contrast index; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Endocrine system; Metamaterials; Microfluidics; Molecular imaging; Nanophotonics; Nanostructures; Optical imaging; Optical refraction; Molecular multiphase nanodomains; biological molecules; enhanced photophysical and refractive effects; metamaterial properties; molecular imaging; nanophotonics and biophotonics; optical fluidics and microfluidics; optical nanoscale devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Imaging Systems and Techniques, 2008. IST 2008. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Crete

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2496-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2497-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IST.2008.4659931

Filename

4659931