title: Joining plasmonics with microfluidics: from convenience to inevitability.
abstract: Along the advances in optofluidics, functionalities based on the surface plasmon-polariton have also been finding an increasing level of involvement within micro/nano-fluidic systems, gradually forming a new field of plasmo-fluidics. This survey of the burgeoning field reveals that judicious selection and combination of plasmonic and micro/nano-fluidic features render the plasmo-fluidic integration useful and mutually beneficial to the point of inevitability. We establish categories for the level of integration and utilize them as a framework for surveying existing work and extracting future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA. plasmon@iastate.edu
authors.forename: Jaeyoun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim