Dynamic and Stimuli-Responsive Multi-Phase Emulsion Droplets for Optical Components

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-53459-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 106 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

Reihe: Springer Theses

This thesis builds on recent innovations in multi-phase emulsion droplet design to demonstrate that emulsion morphologies enable a useful variety of dynamic optical phenomena. Despite the highly dynamic nature of fluid morphologies and their utility for stimuli-responsive, dynamic optical materials and devices, fluid matter is underrepresented in optical technology. Using bi-phase emulsion droplets as refractive micro-optical components, this thesis realizes micro-scale fluid compound lenses with optical properties that vary in response to changes in chemical concentrations, structured illumination, and thermal gradients. Theoretical considerations of emulsions as optical components are used to explain a previously unrecognized total internal reflection-enabled light interference phenomenon in emulsion droplets that results in rich structural coloration. While this work is focused on the fundamental optics of emulsion droplets, it also facilitates the use of light-emitting emulsion morphologies as chemo-optical transducers for early-stage food-borne pathogen detection. This thesis beautifully demonstrates the virtue of fundamental interdisciplinary exploration of unconventional material systems at the interface of optics, chemistry, and materials science, and the benefits arising from translation of the acquired knowledge into specific application scenarios.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagelberg, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Optik, Lasertechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter1: Introduction.- Chapter2: Multi-Phase Droplets as Dynamic Compound Micro-Lenses.- Chapter3: Emissive Bi-Phase Droplets as Pathogen Sensors.- Chapter4: Structural Color from Interference of Light Undergoing Total Internal Reflection at Concave Interfaces.- Chapter5: Thermal Actuation of Bi-Phase Droplets.- Chapter6: Summary and Outlook.

Über Autor(innen)

Sara Nagelberg is a postdoctorial researcher at MIT. She received her PhD from MIT in 2020.