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Unleashing Urease Protein Dynamics with Metamaterial Optical Tweezers
Domna G. Kotsifaki, Viet Giang Truong, Mirco Dindo +3
Investigating the dynamics of single biomolecules is essential for unlocking new frontiers in biophysics and medicine. Here, we present a transformative approach using metamaterial…
Plasmonic and metamaterial biosensors: A game-changer for virus detection
Junfei Wang, Zhenyu Xu, Domna G. Kotsifaki
One of the most important processes in the fight against current and future pandemics is the rapid diagnosis and initiation of treatment of viruses in humans. In these times, the d…
Enabling self-induced back-action trapping of gold nanoparticles in metamaterial plasmonic tweezers
Theodoros D. Bouloumis, Domna G. Kotsifaki, Sile Nic Chormaic
The pursuit for efficient nanoparticle trapping with low powers has led to optical tweezers technology moving from the conventional free-space configuration to advanced plasmonic t…
Asymmetric split-ring plasmonic nanostructures for optical sensing of Escherichia coli
Domna G. Kotsifaki, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Sile Nic Chormaic +1
Strategies for in-liquid micro-organism detection are crucial for the clinical and pharmaceutical industries. While Raman spectroscopy is a promising label-free technique for micro…
Dynamic Multiple Nanoparticle Trapping using Metamaterial Plasmonic Tweezers
Domna G. Kotsifaki, Viet Giang Truong, Sile Nic Chormaic
Optical manipulation has attracted remarkable interest owing to its versatile and non-invasive nature. However, conventional optical trapping remains inefficient for the nanoscopic…
Plasmonic tweezers based on connected nanoring apertures
Theodoros D. Bouloumis, Domna G. Kotsifaki, Xue Han +2
The manipulation of microparticles using optical forces has led to many applications in the life and physical sciences. To extend optical trapping towards the nano-regime, in this…