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Microfluidic-Based Fabrication of Photonic Microlasers for Biomedical Applications

Optical microlasers have been used in different engineering fields and for sensing various applications. They have been used in biomedical fields in applications such as for detecting protein biomarkers for cancer and for measuring biomechanical properties. The goal of this work is to propose a microfluidic-based fabrication method for fabricating optical polymer based microlasers, which has advantages, over current methods, such us the fabrication time, the contained cost, and the reproducibility of the microlaser's size. The microfluidic setup consisted of microfluidic pumps and a flow focusing droplet generator chip made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Parameters such as the flow rate (Q) and the pressure (P) of both continuous and dispersed phases are taken into account for determining the microlaser's size and a MATLAB imaging tool is used to reduce the microlaser's diameter estimation. In addition, two applications are discussed: i) electric field measurements via resonator doped with Di-Anepps-4 voltage sensitive dye, and ii) strain measurements in a 3D printed bone-like structure to mimic biomedical implantable sensors.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1609066
Date12 1900
CreatorsCavazos, Omar
ContributorsManzo, Maurizio (Aerospace and mechanical engineer), Siller, Hector R., Bostanci, Huseyin
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatix, 62 pages, Text
RightsPublic, Cavazos, Omar, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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