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Nanofiltering via integrated liquid core waveguides

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Abstract

We demonstrate and describe how nanoporous liquid core waveguides can exclude scattering particles, making them an ideal integrated platform for analysis of turbid solutions. Milk with 0.5% fat showed an optical propagation loss of 0.05dB/mm at 633nm in nanoporous waveguides compared to the 10.6dB/mm loss in standard cuvette measurements. To examine the nanofiltering effect, waveguides were infiltrated with solutions containing Rhodamine B molecules (1nm) and 22nm red fluorescing polystyrene beads. With fluorescence spectroscopy we show that 22nm beads are excluded, while Rhodamine B molecules penetrate the waveguides. This is further confirmed by fluorescence microscopy, also revealing a homogenous distribution of Rhodamine in the waveguide volume.

© 2011 Optical Society of America

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