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Prof. Eric Dufresne - Yale University

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PUBLICATIONS

Minimal Model for Kinetic Arrest
P. Pal, C. S. O'Hern, J. Blawzdziewicz, E. R. Dufresne, and R. Stinchcombe, Physical Review E, 78, 011111, (2008)


Electrostatic Interactions of Colloidal Particles in Nonpolar Solvents: Role of Surface Chemistry and Charge Control Agents
S. K. Sainis, V. Germain, C. O. Mejean and E. R. Dufresne, Langmuir, 24, 1160, (2008)

Statistics of Particle Trajectories at Short Time-Intervals Reveal fN-Scale Colloidal Forces
S. K. Sainis, V. Germin and E. R. Dufresne, Physical Review Letters, 99, 018303, (2007)


Spatially extended FCS for visualizing and quantifying high-speed multiphase flows in microchannels
S.M. Hashmi, M. Loewenberg and E.R. Dufresne, Optics Express, 15 6528 (2007)


Automated trapping, assembly and sorting with holographic optical tweezers
S. C. Chapin, V. Germain and E.R. Dufresne, Optics Express, 14 13095 (2006)
Movies:  
Figure 2(a) -  Avoiding Collisions (727KB)
Figure 3(a) - Automated Assembly (959KB)
Figure 3(b) - Automated Sorting (2334 KB)

Observation of Plasmon Propagation, Redirection, and Fan-Out in Silver Nanowires
A.W. Sanders, D.A. Routenberg, B.J. Wiley, Y. Xia, E.R. Dufresne and M.A. Reed, Nano Letters, 6 1822 (2006)

Dynamics of Fracture in Drying Suspensions
E.R. Dufresne, D.J. Stark, N.A. Greenblatt, J.X. Cheng, J.W. Hutchinson, L. Mahadevan, and D.A. Weitz, Langmuir, 22 7144 (2006)


Charge Stabilization in Nonpolar Solvents
M. F. Hsu, E. R. Dufresne, D. A. Weitz, Langmuir 21 4881 (2005)

Onset of Buckling in Drying Droplets of Colloidal Suspensions
N. Tsapis, E. R. Dufresne, S. S. Sinha, C.S. Riera, J. W. Hutchinson, L. Mahadevan, and D. A. Weitz,
Physical Review Letters 94 018302 (2005)

Reverse Micelles Enable Strong Electrostatic Interactions Between Colloidal Particles in Nonpolar Solvents
M. F. Hsu, E. R. Dufresne, D. A. Weitz, cond-mat/0412185 (2004)

Flow and Fracture in Drying Nanoparticle Suspensions
E. R. Dufresne, E. I. Corwin, N. A. Greenblatt, J. Ashmore, D.Y.Wang, A. D. Dinsmore, J. X. Cheng, X. S. Xie, J.W. Hutchinson, and D. A.Weitz, Physical Review Letters 91 224501 (2003)


Brownian Dynamics of a Sphere Between Parallel Walls
E. R. Dufresne, D. Altman, and D. G. Grier, Europhysics Letters 53 264 (2001)

Computer-generated holographic optical tweezer arrays
E. R. Dufresne, G. C. Spalding, M. T. Dearing, S. A. Sheets, D.G. Grier, Review of Scientific Instruments 72 1810 (2001)


Hydrodynamic Coupling of Two Brownian Spheres to a Planar Surface
E. R. Dufresne, T. M. Squires, M. P. Brenner, and D. G. Grier, Physical Review Letters 85 3317 (2000)


Hydrodynamic Coupling and Optical Patterning of Many-Particle Colloidal Systems
E.R. Dufresne,  Ph. D. Thesis, University of Chicago (2000)
This document provides a thorough introduction into the theory and original implemention of holographic optical tweezers.

Optical tweezer arrays and optical substrates created with diffractive optics
E. R. Dufresne and D. G. Grier, Review of Scientific Instruments 69 1974 (1998)



US PATENTS

8. #7,133,203 Apparatus for applying optical gradient forces. (2006)
7. #7,104,659 Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2006)
6. #6,863,406
Apparatus and method for fabricating, sorting, and integrating materials with holographic optical traps (2005)
5. #6,846,084 Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2005)
4. #6,626,546
Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2003)
3. #6,624,940 Method for applying optical gradient forces and moving material (2003)
2. #6,416,190 Apparatus for using optical tweezers to manipulate materials (2002)
1. #6,055,106 Apparatus for applying optical gradient forces (2000)

















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