Nanoparticle release and sorting from a soft surface by using an opto-thermal-mechanical approach

Xuesong Gao; Imad Agha

doi:10.1117/12.3001657

12 March 2024 Nanoparticle release and sorting from a soft surface by using an opto-thermal-mechanical approach

Xuesong Gao, Imad Agha

Proceedings Volume 12842, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2024; 128420W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001657
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

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Abstract

This letter presents a method for the release and sorting of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) from a soft substrate with an optothermal mechanical (OTM) method. The OTM method relies on the heating of AuNPs on a soft substrate via a continuous-wave laser. An AuNP absorbs the energy from the focused beam and transfers the heat to the substrate beneath it. The induced heat causes a rapid thermal expansion of the substrate, imparting an impulse to the AuNP and releasing it from the substrate. The release of an AuNP from a PMMA substrate of different thicknesses is studied. The release angle is determined by the polymer surface thickness, which affects the printing accuracy. Therefore, the release of an AuNP from a soft substrate of different thicknesses is investigated. The heat that can be generated within an AuNP depends on its size upon absorption. Generally, a smaller AuNP needs higher laser intensity to overcome the Van der Waal force to be released from the substrate. Therefore, the mixed sizes of AuNPs can be selected and sorted by their different release threshold. In this paper, the successful sorting of two types of AuNPs from a substrate to a receiver substrate in air condition is demonstrated. The OTM method paves a new way to separate and purify nanoparticles directly in a gaseous environment.

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Xuesong Gao and Imad Agha "Nanoparticle release and sorting from a soft surface by using an opto-thermal-mechanical approach", Proc. SPIE 12842, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2024, 128420W (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001657

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