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SUMMARY:Energy\, Materials\, Single Molecule Analysis\, and Reconfigurable
  Systems:  New Directions in Optofluidics
DTSTART:20110907T110000
DTSTAMP:20260407T113315Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:David Erickson\, Cornell University\nAt its most basic level\,
  Optofluidics is focused on enabling or exploiting the precise control or 
 over fluids and light at micro- and nano-scales.  Over the past 5 years\, 
 these successes in this area has led to the development of many new techno
 logies including from tunable dye lasers\, more precise biosensing\, and c
 ompact microscopy.  In this talk I will discuss some new directions to whi
 ch this same skill set could be applied.  In particular I will focus on: p
 hotosynthetic fuel production\, new tools for single molecule discovery an
 d bottom up material assembly\, and light enabled reconfigurable systems. 
  Whenever possible\, the ultimate potential of entry into these new fields
  will be discussed as well as the challenges that must be overcome.  A par
 ticular focus will be placed on how to upscale optofluidic technology (whi
 ch to date has been largely chip based) to address problems in these areas
  (which can be global in scale). 
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