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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2023

Characterization of bacteria swarming effect under plasmonic optical fiber illumination.

Jang Ah Kim, Yingwei Hou, Meysam Keshavarz, Eric M Yeatman, Alex J Thompson

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jang Ah KimImperial College London, Institute of Global Health Innovation, The Hamlyn Centre, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8569-5512
Yingwei HouImperial College London, Institute of Global Health Innovation, The Hamlyn Centre, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0009-5324-7414
Meysam KeshavarzImperial College London, Institute of Global Health Innovation, The Hamlyn Centre, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6813-4860
Eric M YeatmanImperial College London, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, London, United Kingdom.
Alex J ThompsonImperial College London, Institute of Global Health Innovation, The Hamlyn Centre, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2485-1550
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significance: Plasmo-thermo-electrophoresis (PTEP) involves using plasmonic microstructures to generate both a large-scale convection current and a near-field attraction force (thermo-electrophoresis). These effects facilitate the collective locomotion (i.e., swarming) of microscale particles in suspension, which can be utilized for numerous applications, such as particle/cell manipulation and targeted drug delivery. However, to date, PTEP for ensemble manipulation has not been well characterized, meaning its potential is yet to be realized. Aim: Our study aims to provide a characterization of PTEP on the motion and swarming effect of various particles and bacterial cells to allow rational design for bacteria-based microrobots and drug delivery applications. Approach: Plasmonic optical fibers (POFs) were fabricated using two-photon polymerization. The particle motion and swarming behavior near the tips of optical fibers were characterized by image-based particle tracking and analyzing the spatiotemporal concentration variation. These results were further correlated with the shape and surface charge of the particles defined by the zeta potential. Results: The PTEP demonstrated a drag force ranging from a few hundred fN to a few tens of pN using the POFs. Furthermore, bacteria with the greater (negative) zeta potential ( Conclusions: The characterization of PTEP-based bacteria swarming behavior investigated in our study can help predict the expected swarming behavior of given particles/bacterial cells. As such, this may aid in realizing the potential of PTEP in the wide-ranging applications highlighted above.

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LightingOptical FibersBacteriaEscherichia coliMotionbacteria manipulationdrug deliveryoptical fiberplasmonicsplasmo-thermo-electrophoresistwo-photon polymerization

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PMID37469830
PMCPMC10353699
OpenAlexW4384696256

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