Low-Power Optical Trapping of Nanoparticles and Proteins with Resonant Coaxial Nanoaperture Using 10 nm Gap
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We present optical trapping with a 10 nm gap resonant coaxial nanoaperture in a gold film. Large arrays of 600 resonant plasmonic coaxial nanoaperture traps are produced on a single chip via atomic layer lithography with each aperture tuned to match a 785 nm laser source. We show that these single coaxial apertures can act as efficient nanotweezers with a sharp potential well, capable of trapping 30 nm polystyrene nanoparticles and streptavidin molecules with a laser power as low as 4.7 mW. Furthermore, the resonant coaxial nanoaperture enables real-time label-free detection of the trapping events via simple transmission measurements. Our fabrication technique is scalable and reproducible, since the critical nanogap dimension is defined by atomic layer deposition. Thus our platform shows significant potential to push the limit of optical trapping technologies.
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- Authors
- Yoo, D., Gurunatha, K. L., Choi, H.-K., Mohr, D. A., Ertsgaard, C. T., Gordon, R., & Oh, S.-H.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Gordon, Reuven
- Oh, Sang-Hyun
- Venue
- Nano Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2018-05-15
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 3637-3642
- ISSN
- 1530-6984 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-6992
- OpenAlex
- W2804438120
- Cited by
- 173
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nano Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS 1610333)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (469469-2014)
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
- Keywords
- optical trapping, gold films, polystyrene nanoparticles, streptavidin, nanotweezers, low laser power, label-free detection, atomic layer deposition, nanogap, transmission measurement
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