Near-Field Characterization of Micro/Nano-Scaled Fluid Flows

Introduction.- Definitions of near-field.- Evanescent wave penetration depth.- Surface.- Photon penetration skin-depth into metal.- Penetration depth of no-slip boundary conditions.- Equilibrium height (h_m) for small particles under near-field forces.- Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (TIRM).- Ratiometric TIRM imaging analysis.- Near-field applications of TIRM.- Near-wall hindered Brownian motion of nanoparticles.- Slip-flows in the near-field.- Cytoplasmic viscosity and intracellular vesicle sizes.- Optical Serial Sectioning Microscopy (OSSM).- Point spread functions (PSFs) under aberration-free design conditions.- Point spread functions (PSFs) under off-design conditions.- Principles of OSSM.- Near-field applications of OSSM.- Three-dimensional particle tracking velocimetry (PTV).- Near-wall thermometry.- Near-field mixture concentration measurements.- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM).- Principles of confocal imaging.- Microscopic imaging resolutions.- Confocal microscopic imaging resolutions.- Optical slicing thickness of confocal microscopy.- Confocal laser scanning microscopic particle imaging velocimetry (CLSM-PIV) system.- Near-field applications of CLSM-PIV.- Poiseuille flows in a microtube.- Microscale rotating Couette flows.- Moving bubbles in a microchannel.- Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy (SPRM).- Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs).- Dispersion of SPP.- Kretschmann’s three-layer configuration.- Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) reflectance.- Surface plasmon resonance microscopy (SPRM) imaging systems.- Selection of a prism for SPRM.- SPR reflectance imaging resolution.- Near-field applications of SPRM.- History and uses of SPRM.- Label-free mapping of microfluidic mixing fields.- Near-field mapping of salinity diffusion.- Dynamic monitoring of nanoparticle concentration profiles.- Unveiling the fingerprints of nanocrystalline self-assembly.- Near-wall thermometry.- Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy(RICM).- Interference of plane waves.- Principles and practical issues of RICM.- Near-field applications of RICM.- Thin-film thickness measurements.- Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) control of thin liquid film.- Dynamic fingerprinting of live-cell focal contacts.- References.