TY - GEN
T1 - Non-contact mesoscale manipulation using laser induced convection flows
AU - Vela, Emir
AU - Pacoret, Cécile
AU - Bouchigny, Sylvain
AU - Régnier, Stéphane
AU - Rink, Klaus
AU - Bergander, Arvid
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Laser induced convection flows is a new and promising method to achieve better manipulation of mesoscale objects (above 1 μm and below 500 μm) in a liquid medium. The temperature gradient created by laser absorption generates natural and thermocapillary (or Marangoni) convection flows. These flows are used to perform the manipulation itself. In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time that large and heavy particles can be dragged using the Marangoni convection flows. Experiments based on these phenomena show that fast and accurate underwater micromanipulation of particles up to 280 μm is possible using only a convergent 1 480 nm laser beam.
AB - Laser induced convection flows is a new and promising method to achieve better manipulation of mesoscale objects (above 1 μm and below 500 μm) in a liquid medium. The temperature gradient created by laser absorption generates natural and thermocapillary (or Marangoni) convection flows. These flows are used to perform the manipulation itself. In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time that large and heavy particles can be dragged using the Marangoni convection flows. Experiments based on these phenomena show that fast and accurate underwater micromanipulation of particles up to 280 μm is possible using only a convergent 1 480 nm laser beam.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=69549116691&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650918
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650918
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:69549116691
SN - 9781424420582
T3 - 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS
SP - 913
EP - 918
BT - 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS
T2 - 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS
Y2 - 22 September 2008 through 26 September 2008
ER -