The appearance of a Nano-jet in the microsphere optical experiments is analyzed by relating this effect to non-diffracting Bessel beams. By inserting a circular aperture with a radius of subwavelength dimension in the EM waist, and sending the transmitted light into a confocal microscope, the EM oscillations by the different Bessel beams are avoided. On this constant EM field evanescent waves a...

Emerging viral diseases are a major problem to human and veterinary public health and continue to be an eminent threat to the world economy. Fluorescent microsphere immunoassay (FMIA) can be used for the detection of emerging infectious diseases in humans and animals. FMIA is a novel molecular diagnostic technology for the detection of antibodies to at least 100 target antigens in a small sampl...

This paper presents an on-chip biosensor using a polystyrene fluorescent microsphere as an optical resonator to enhance the fluorescence emission. The microsphere is attached on the wall of a microchannel in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) optofluidic chip and excited by a focused laser beam using a confocal Raman microscope system. Based on the shift of Whispering Gallery modes (WGMs), this sens...

Power-spectral-density measurements of any sampled signal are typically restricted by both acquisition rate and frequency response limitations of instruments, which can be particularly prohibitive for video-based measurements. We have developed a new method called intensity modulation spectral analysis that circumvents these limitations, dramatically extending the effective detection bandwidth....

We demonstrate scaffolding of plasmonic nanoparticles by topological defects induced by colloidal microspheres to match their surface boundary conditions with a uniform far-field alignment in a liquid crystal host. Displacing energetically costly liquid crystal regions of reduced order, anisotropic nanoparticles with concave or convex shapes not only stably localize in defects but also self-ori...

The bound state structure and dynamics for an atom trap formed from the whispering gallery modes ~WGMs! of a dielectric microsphere are investigated. The coupling of the quantized internal and external atomic degrees of freedom plays a fundamental role in the quantum dynamics of this atom gallery. The radiative processes for a cold atom near a microsphere are modified due to the special symmetr...

Thermal fluctuations, geometric exclusion, and external driving all govern the mechanical response of dense particulate suspensions. Here, we measure the stress-strain response of quasi-two-dimensional flow-stabilized microsphere heaps in a regime in which all three effects are present using a microfluidic device. We observe that the elastic modulus and the mean interparticle separation of the ...

The application of microfluidic devices in diagnostic systems is well-established in contemporary research. Large specific surface area of microspheres, on the other hand, has secured an important position for their use in bioanalytical assays. Herein, we report a combination of microspheres and microfluidic disk in a unique hybrid platform for highly sensitive and selective detection of dengue...

biotechnology is providing us with a wide range of options for how we can use agricultural and commercial forestry lands. the cultivation of genetically modified (gm) crops on millions of hectares of lands and their injection into our food chain is a huge global genetic experiment involving all living beings. considering the fast pace of new advances in production of genetically modified crops,...