Optofluidics, Sensors and Actuators in Microstructured Optical Fibers

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Microfluidics flow and heat transfer in microstructured fibers of circular and elliptical geometry

P. Christodoulides¹, G.A. Florides¹, E. Davies¹, K. Kalli¹,  and F. Dias^{2,3     1}Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus     ²University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland     ³Centre de Mathématiques et de Leurs Applications, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Cachan, France

Abstract

The field of microfluidics utilizes micron-scale devices to control the flow of fluids. The principal application is the manipulation of very small volumes of fluids on the order of nanoliters to femtoliters that are typically seeded with nanoparticles. Hence the control and sorting of nanoparticles is a primary goal using this technology. There is recent interest ...