Junxue Fu

• Hong Kong Baptist University

In this paper, we report on an integrated nanorod array as a novel sieving matrix for high-resolution separation of biomolecules. A wide size range of DNA (100 bp–166 kbp) and proteins (11.4 kDa–205 kDa) are resolved into sharp peaks within several minutes using devices with various pore apertures, either in a reptation mode or Ogston mechanism. Th...

The morphology evolution of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) deposited by glancing angle deposition (GLAD) in a wide range of nominal deposition thickness d at room temperature has been investigated systematically. Nonspherical Ag NPs are formed with d < 500 nm, while vertical Ag-nanorod-like nanostructures are produced when d > 500 nm. Based on three-dimens...

In article number 1703265, Junxue Fu and co‐workers fabricate a dielectrophoresis (DEP) device integrated with versatile nanorod arrays for highly effective and rapid protein enrichment and detection. First, target antigen proteins are concentrated to an antibody binding region, then the immunoassays are performed, and consequently the detection si...

A nanoscale insulator‐based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) technique is developed for rapid enrichment of proteins and highly sensitive immunoassays. Dense arrays of nanorods (NDs) by oblique angle deposition create a super high electric field gradient of 2.6 × 10²⁴ V² m⁻³ and the concomitant strong dielectrophoresis force successfully traps small protei...

As an emerging three-dimensional chiral metamaterial, plasmonic nanospirals (NSs) possess inherent chiroptical activity that has attracted increasing attention for developing potential photonic applications. However, the study of chiroptical activity of plasmonic NSs is still in its infancy, especially for NSs made of silver, which is a typical pla...

Gold (Au) and silver (Ag) monometallic nanoparticles (MNPs) and Au–Ag composite nanoparticles (CNPs) were fabricated on silicon wafers by anneal de-wetting the corresponding thin films. The measured reflection spectra show that the Au–Ag CNPs demonstrate a 28% decrease in average reflection (Rav ) over the 300–1200 nm range, compared to the bare si...

As metal nanorods show much higher metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF) than metal nanospheres, microfluidic-based MEF is first explored with Ag nanorod (ND) arrays made by oblique angle deposition. By measuring the fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) solution sandwiched between the Ag NDs and a piece of cover slip, the enhancement factors (EFs) are fou...

Plasmonics based on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) has found many exciting applications recently. Those applications usually require a good morphological and structural control of metallic nanostructures. Oblique angle deposition (OAD) has been demonstrated as a powerful technique for various plasmonic applications due to its advantages...

Dielectrophoresis (DEP) induced by activating a patterned two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the interface of compound semiconductor AlGaN/GaN heterojunction has been demonstrated for the first time in our previous work. Briefly, with a peak voltage of ±10 V and a frequency from 100 kHz to 1 MHz, characteristics of both positive and negative DE...

Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) was carried out to fabricate solid silicon nanowires (s-SiNWs) and mesoporous silicon nanowires (mp-SiNWs). Total reflection and transmission were measured using an integrated sphere to study optical properties of the MACE-generated silicon nanostructures. Without NW aggregation, mp-SiNWs vertically standing o...

A manipulation system utilizing the properties of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the interface of AlGaN/GaN and dielectrophoresis (DEP) was investigated in this study. At an applied frequency ranging from 100 kHz to 1 MHz and a potential of 20 vpeak to peak, the positive and negative DEP of the microspheres were reported for the first time...

Various Ag and Au nanostructured films such as Ag nanoparticle (NP) films, Au NP films, and Au NP/TiO2/Au NP sandwich structures are fabricated by oblique angle deposition (OAD) and glancing angle deposition (GLAD) methods. Their optical absorbance properties and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) have been studied systematically for sample...

Au nanoparticle (NP) substrates, Au NP/TiO(2)/Au NP sandwich structures, and Ti coated Au NP substrates are fabricated by glancing angle deposition (GLAD) and oblique angle deposition (OAD) methods. Under the same deposition condition, the Au NP substrates produced by GLAD are more uniform and reproducible compared to those fabricated by OAD. The l...

We investigate a nanorod-mediated surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor for sensitivity enhancement. The theoretical model containing an anisotropic layer of nanorod is investigated using four-layer Fresnel equations and the effective medium theory. The properties of the nanorod-mediated SPR curves versus the metal thin film thickness d f , length...

We have designed a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) biosensor to perform whole cell detection of Salmonella using Au nanoparticles fabricated by an oblique angle deposition technique. The LSPR sensor shows a plasmon peak shift due to the Salmonella antigen and anti-Salmonella antibody reaction as verified by scanning electron microscopy a...

We present a novel and effective food-borne bacteria detection method. A hetero-structured silicon/gold nanorod array fabricated by the glancing angle deposition method is functionalized with anti-Salmonella antibodies and organic dye molecules. Due to the high aspect ratio nature of the Si nanorods, dye molecules attached to the Si nanorods produc...

Nanotechnology applications for food safety and biosecurity, especially development of nanoscale sensors for foodborne pathogen measurement are emerging. A novel bio-functional nanosensor for Salmonella detection was developed using hetero-nanorods. The silica nanorods were fabricated by glancing angle deposition method and the gold was sputtered o...

A two-turn, eight-armed, rectangular Si/Ni heterogeneous nanospring structure on Si(100) has been fabricated using a multilayer glancing-angle deposition technique. The multilayered nanosprings with a height of approximately 1.98 mum were composed of alternating layers of amorphous Si nanorods approximately 580 nm in length and face-centered cubic...