Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhao C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3998756 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Chenglong C Xie Yuliang Y Mao Zhangming Z Zhao Yanhui Y Rufo Joseph J Yang Shikuan S Guo Feng F Mai John D JD Huang Tony Jun TJ
Lab on a chip 20131126 2
We present a theoretical analysis and experimental demonstration of particle trapping and manipulation around optothermally generated bubbles. We show that a particle located within 500 μm of a surface bubble can be attracted towards a bubble by drag force resulting from a convective flow. Once the particle comes in contact with the bubble's surface, a balance between surface tension forces and pressure forces traps the particle on the bubble surface, allowing the particle to move with the bubbl ...[more]