Title :
Polymer photonic crystal dye lasers as optofluidic cell sensors
Author :
Christiansen, Mads B. ; Lopacinska, Joanna M. ; Jakobsen, Mogens H. ; Mortensen, N. Asger ; Blagoi, Gabriela ; Dufva, Martin ; Kristensen, Anders
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro- & Nanotechnol., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Hybrid polymer photonic crystal band-edge lasers are chemically activated to covalently bind bio-molecules or for HeLa cell attachment using an anthraquinone (AQ) UV activated photolinker. The lasers change emission wavelength linearly with inhomogeneous cell coverage.
Keywords :
biosensors; cellular biophysics; dye lasers; molecular biophysics; nanofluidics; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical polymers; optical sensors; photonic crystals; ultraviolet lithography; HeLa cell attachment; UV activated photolinker; UV lithography; anthraquinone; band-edge laser; biological sensor; covalently bind biomolecule; dye laser; inhomogeneous cell coverage; nanostructured hybrid polymer laser; optofluidic cell sensor; polymer photonic crystal; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemical lasers; Laser tuning; Nanobioscience; Optical sensors; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; (050.5298) Photonic crystals; (140.2050) Dye Lasers; (280.1415) Biological sensing and sensors; Ormocer; combined nanoimprint and UV lithography; label free sensing; nanoimprint;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
