@article{2d323a5172be44ce954372e9442ac683,
title = "Optofluidic tunable lenses for in-plane light manipulation",
abstract = "Optofluidics incorporates optics and microfluidics together to construct novel devices for microsystems, providing flexible reconfigurability and high compatibility. Among many novel devices, a prominent one is the in-plane optofluidic lens. It manipulates the light in the plane of the substrate, upon which the liquid sample is held. Benefiting from the compatibility, the in-plane optofluidic lenses can be incorporated into a single chip without complicated manual alignment and promises high integration density. In term of the tunability, the in-plane liquid lenses can be either tuned by adjusting the fluidic interface using numerous microfluidic techniques, or by modulating the refractive index of the liquid using temperature, electric field and concentration. In this paper, the in-plane liquid lenses will be reviewed in the aspects of operation mechanisms and recent development. In addition, their applications in lab-on-a-chip systems are also discussed.",
keywords = "In-plane liquid lens, Lab-on-a-chip, Microfluidics, Optofluidics",
author = "Qingming Chen and Tenghao Li and Zhaohui Li and Jinlin Long and Xuming Zhang",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (61377068), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (N_PolyU505/13, 152184/15E and 152127/17E), and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (G-YBPR, 4-BCAL, 1-ZE14, 1-ZE27 and 1-ZVGH). Acknowledgments should also go to Materials Research Centre, University Research Facility in Material Characterization and Device Fabrication, and University Research Facility in Life Sciences of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the technical assistance and facility support. Funding Information: Acknowledgments: This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (61377068), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (N_PolyU505/13, 152184/15E and 152127/17E), and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (G-YBPR, 4-BCAL, 1-ZE14, 1-ZE27 and 1-ZVGH). Acknowledgments should also go to Materials Research Centre, University Research Facility in Material Characterization and Device Fabrication, and University Research Facility in Life Sciences of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the technical assistance and facility support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by the authors.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "26",
doi = "10.3390/mi9030097",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
journal = "Micromachines",
issn = "2072-666X",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "3",
}