Light-Driven Droplet Manipulation Technologies for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="909174.fig.005a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/aoe/volume-2011/909174/figures/909174.fig.005a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Plasma formation</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="909174.fig.005b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/aoe/volume-2011/909174/figures/909174.fig.005b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Shockwave and bubble nucleation</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="909174.fig.005c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/aoe/volume-2011/909174/figures/909174.fig.005c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Bubble expansion and collapse</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Schematic of pulse-laser induced plasma formation and the following shock wave emission and cavitation bubble generation in liquid medium. Reproduced with permission from [<a href="/journals/aoe/2011/909174/#B72">81</a>].</table>

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Figure 5: Light-Driven Droplet Manipulation Technologies for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications 