LIGHT EMITTING DROPLETS AND RELATED METHODS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190388849A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16415353

    申请日:2019-05-17

    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be useful for optofluidic devices. For example, optofluidic devices using dynamic fluid lens materials represent an ideal platform to create versatile, reconfigurable, refractive optical components. For example, the articles described herein may be useful as fluidic tunable compound micro-lenses. Such compound micro-lenses may be composed of two or more components (e.g., two or more inner phases) that form stable bi-phase emulsion droplets in outer phases (e.g., aqueous media). In some embodiments, the articles described herein may be useful as light emitting droplets. Advantageously, the plurality of droplets may be configured such that light rays may modified (e.g., via stimulation of the droplets, exposure to an analyte such as a pathogen) to have a detectable emission intensity and/or angle of maximum emission intensity under a particular set of conditions.

    TUNABLE MICROLENSES AND RELATED METHODS
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180246314A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-30

    申请号:US15887863

    申请日:2018-02-02

    CPC classification number: G02B26/004 G02B3/14

    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be useful for optofluidic devices. For example, optofluidic devices using dynamic fluid lens materials represent an ideal platform to create versatile, reconfigurable, refractive optical components. For example, the articles described herein may be useful as fluidic tunable compound micro-lenses. Such compound micro-lenses may be composed of two or more components (e.g., two or more inner phases) that form stable bi-phase emulsion droplets in outer phases (e.g., aqueous media). Advantageously, the refractive index contrast at each material interface and/or the curvature of each interface may contribute to the focusing power of a refractive optical element, allowing for a wide tuning range of the emulsion lenses' focal length, and thereby enabling switching between converging or diverging lens geometries. Advantageously, the radius of curvature between two or more components and/or the average focal length of transmitted or reflected light through the droplets may be controlled by exposing the plurality of droplets to a stimulus.

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