Issue 3, 2015

Bringing one-dimensional photonic crystals to a new light: an electrophotonic platform for chemical mass transport visualisation and cell monitoring

Abstract

Photonic sensor technologies represent an important milestone in monitoring complex physical, chemical and biological systems. We present an integrated chemo- and bio-photonic sensing scheme drawing on the integration of one-dimensional (1D) stimuli-responsive photonic crystals (PCs) with an electrophotonic visualisation platform. We demonstrate various modi operandi, including the real-time mapping of spatial concentration distribution of a chemical analyte and the in situ monitoring of adhesive cell cultures, enabled by the modular combination of stimuli-responsive 1D PCs with various light emitters and detectors.

Graphical abstract: Bringing one-dimensional photonic crystals to a new light: an electrophotonic platform for chemical mass transport visualisation and cell monitoring

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Oct 2014
Accepted
06 Jan 2015
First published
06 Jan 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Mater. Horiz., 2015,2, 299-308

Bringing one-dimensional photonic crystals to a new light: an electrophotonic platform for chemical mass transport visualisation and cell monitoring

I. Pavlichenko, E. Broda, Y. Fukuda, K. Szendrei, A. K. Hatz, G. Scarpa, P. Lugli, C. Bräuchle and B. V. Lotsch, Mater. Horiz., 2015, 2, 299 DOI: 10.1039/C4MH00195H

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