COST ACTION MP0604
Optical Micro-Manipulation by Nonlinear Nanophotonics
WORKING GROUPS MEETING
ANCONA, 26-27 October 2007
PROGRAMME
FRIDAY OCTOBER 26th, 2007
9:00 ÷ 10:00
General information on COST Action MP0604
Keynote Lecture
10:00 ÷ 10:30
H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop (Australia, Univ. Queensland)
Angular momentum of light and all optically driven mechanical
micro/nanosystems
10:30 ÷ 11:00
Coffee Break
WG1 lectures
11:00 ÷ 11:15
11:15 ÷ 11:30
11:30 ÷ 11:45
11:45 ÷ 12:00
J.M. Fournier (Switzerland, Ecole Polyt. Fed. Lausanne)
Multiple trapping in various interferometric traps
P.Zemanek (Czech. Rep., Acad. Sciences)
Microparticle behavior in traveling optical landscapes - optical delivery,
sorting and hops
I. Cristiani (Italy, Univ. Pavia)
3D Optical fiber tweezers based on total internal reflection
J. Leach (United Kingdom, Univ Glasgow)
A holographic microhand for optical tweezers
WG2 lectures
12:00 ÷ 12:15
12:15 ÷ 12:30
12:30 ÷ 12:45
12:45 ÷ 13:00
13:00 ÷ 15:00
P.Ormos (Hungary, Acad. Sciences)
Optical control of fluid flow in microfluidics
C. Denz (Germany, Univ. Münster)
Time resolved flow field analysis in micro- and biofluidic applications
R.P. Salathé (Switzerland, Ecole Polyt. Fed. Lausanne )
Tweezers arrays in microfluidics for bioanalytics
B. Weiss (Austria, BMVIT)
Dielectrophoretic particle-transport in alternating-Current Electro-Osmotic
Micropumps
Lunch at Self Service “CAMST”
WG3 lectures
15:00 ÷ 15:15
15:15 ÷ 15:30
15:30 ÷ 15:45
15:45 ÷ 16:00
16:00 ÷ 16:15
16:15 ÷ 16:30
16:30 ÷ 17:00
G.Rusciano (Italy, Univ. Napoli)
Some biological applications of optical tweezers based on rheological and
Raman analysis
F.J. Schmitt (Germany, Tech. Univ. Berlin)
Chlorophyll binding protein complexes:nanostructure and optical properties
Ali H.Reshak (Czech. Rep., Acad. Sciences)
Second Harmonic and Two Photon Exaction fluorescence imaging using
Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscope
M.Kauranen (Finland, Univ. Tampere)
Second-order polarization techniques for the characterization of thin films
E. Fällman (Sweden, Univ. Umea)
Physical properties of biopolymers assessed by Optical Tweezers: analysis of
folding and refolding of bacterial Pili
M.Vitali (Germany, Europhoton)
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of single molecules by time-and
space-sensitive single photon counting detectors
Coffee Break
WG2 lectures
17:00 ÷ 17:15
17:15 ÷ 17:30
17:30 ÷ 17:45
17:45 ÷ 18:00
20:30
S. Couris (Greece, Univ. Patras)
NLO response of some Au nanostructures
I.Naydenova (Ireland, Dublin Inst. Technology)
Optical patterning of photopolymerisable nanocomposites
R.Torre (Italy, Univ. Firenze & LENS)
Transport processes in nano-structured material by non-linear time-resolved
spectroscopy
F.Vita (Italy, Univ. Politecnica delle Marche)
2D Holographic Patterning of Polymeric Films
Dinner at the Restaurant “Opera Nuova della Marca”
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27th, 2007
WG1/WG3 lectures
9:00 ÷ 9:15
9:15 ÷ 9:30
9:30 ÷ 9:45
9:45 ÷ 10:00
10:00 ÷ 10:15
K.Dholakia (United Kingdom, Univ. St. Andrews)
Optical micromanipulation takes hold
J.Gluckstad (Denmark, Risø & TUD)
Methods of Optical Micro-Manipulation
N.Vainos (Greece, HHRF)
Light induced photonic structures
S.Sainov (Bulgaria, Acad. Sciences)
Nano-scale holographic investigations
V.Sainov (Bulgaria, Acad. Sciences)
Digital phase-stepping holographic interferometry for measurement and 3D
imaging in real time of biological microobjects
10:15 ÷ 11:00
Open discussion / Coffee Break
11:00 ÷ 13:00
MC Meeting