Optical manipulation of nano-micro needle array for large volume molecular diagnosis

Abstract

Optical vorticesare generated and controlled to form trapping tools in the same way as optical tweezers. By using the intense optical vortices generated within the PANDA ring resonator, the required atoms/molecules can be trapped and moved (transported) dynamically within the wavelength router or network. The advantage of the proposed system is that a transmitter and receiver can be formed within the same system, which is available for atoms/molecules storage and transportation based on methods that have been proposed to deliver drugs into cells for specific diagnosis.

Keywords::

• Nano needle
• nano needle array
• molecular diagnosis
• drug delivery device

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Institute of Advanced Photonics Science, Nanotechnology Research Alliance, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM), and King Mongkut's Institute of Technology (KMITL), Thailand, for providing the research facilities. This research work has been supported by UTM's Tier 1/Flagship Research Grant, MyBrain15 Fellowship/MOHE SLAB Fellowship, and the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) research grant. N. Suwanpayak would like to acknowledge King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok (KMITL), Thailand, for partial support in higher education at KMITL, Thailand.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.