Output details
15 - General Engineering
Heriot-Watt University (joint submission with University of Edinburgh)
Article title
Quantum dot based thermal spectroscopy and imaging of optically trapped micro-spheres and single cells
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Small
Article number
n/a
Volume number
9
Issue number
8
First page of article
-
ISSN of journal
1613-6829
Year of publication
2013
URL
-
Number of additional authors
14
Additional information
Quantum dot nanocrystals used to measure the temperature change in microfluidic samples, and within living cells, exposed to a focused laser beam. Results show i) nanocrystals are remote temperature sensors for difficult to access, microlitre to femtolitre volumes; ii) heating rates due to laser wavelengths commonly used in optical trapping; iii) optimum wavelength for trapping biological samples to avoid photothermal damage. The work was an invited talk at Optical Trapping and Optical Manipulation X at SPIE Optics and Photonics 2013, and is being developed to understand intracellular thermogenesis and heating within waveguide traps.
Interdisciplinary
Yes
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
A - Manufacturing & Materials
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
