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New photonic sensor opens the door to high-speed biodetection
June 6, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new technique for extremely high speed photonic sensing of the mechanical properties of freely flowing particles using an opto-mechano-fluidic resonator. This work presents a new approach to perform resonantly enhanced optical sensing of freely flowing particles through the action of long-range phonons that extend between solid and fluid phases of the sensor and sample.Full StorySource
University of Illinois College of Engineering
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