Roadmap for optofluidics

Minzioni P, Osellame R, Sada C, Zhao S, Omenetto FG, Gylfason KB, Haraldsson T, Zhang Y, Ozcan A, Wax A, Mugele F, Schmidt H, Testa G, Bernini R, Guck J, Liberale C, Berg-Sorensen K, Chen J, Pollnau M, Xiong S, Liu AQ, Shiue CC, Fan SK, Erickson D, Sinton D (2017)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Book Volume: 19

Article Number: 093003

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/aa783b

Abstract

Optofluidics, nominally the research area where optics and fluidics merge, is a relatively new research field and it is only in the last decade that there has been a large increase in the number of optofluidic applications, as well as in the number of research groups, devoted to the topic. Nowadays optofluidics applications include, without being limited to, lab-on-a-chip devices, fluid-based and controlled lenses, optical sensors for fluids and for suspended particles, biosensors, imaging tools, etc. The long list of potential optofluidics applications, which have been recently demonstrated, suggests that optofluidic technologies will become more and more common in everyday life in the future, causing a significant impact on many aspects of our society. A characteristic of this research field, deriving from both its interdisciplinary origin and applications, is that in order to develop suitable solutions a combination of a deep knowledge in different fields, ranging from materials science to photonics, from microfluidics to molecular biology and biophysics, is often required. As a direct consequence, also being able to understand the long-term evolution of optofluidics research is not easy. In this article, we report several expert contributions on different topics so as to provide guidance for young scientists. At the same time, we hope that this document will also prove useful for funding institutions and stakeholders to better understand the perspectives and opportunities offered by this research field.

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Involved external institutions

Università degli Studi di Pavia Italy (IT) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) / National Research Council of Italy Italy (IT) Tufts University United States (USA) (US) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Sweden (SE) University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) United States (USA) (US) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) Technical University of Denmark / Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) Denmark (DK) Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore (SG) National Taiwan University (NTU) Taiwan (TW) Cornell University United States (USA) (US) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) Duke University United States (USA) (US) University of Twente Netherlands (NL) Technische Universität Dresden Germany (DE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) / جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم و التقنية Saudi Arabia (SA) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) / 中国科学院 China (CN) University of Surrey United Kingdom (GB) University of Toronto Canada (CA)

How to cite

APA:

Minzioni, P., Osellame, R., Sada, C., Zhao, S., Omenetto, F.G., Gylfason, K.B.,... Sinton, D. (2017). Roadmap for optofluidics. Journal of Optics, 19(9). https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aa783b

MLA:

Minzioni, Paolo, et al. "Roadmap for optofluidics." Journal of Optics 19.9 (2017).

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