Gwangju Institution of Science and Technology

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Engineering

Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment

¹Division of Scientific Instrumentation, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), ²School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

A microchip fabrication process that incorporates plasmonic tweezers is presented here. The microchip enables the imaging of a trapped particle to measure maximal trapping forces.

Engineering

4D Printed Bifurcated Stents with Kirigami-Inspired Structures

Dahong Kim¹, Taeyoung Kim¹, Yong-Gu Lee¹

¹School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institution of Science and Technology

Using a 3D printer, a shape memory polymer filament is extruded to form a branched tubular structure. The structure is patterned and shaped such that it can contract into a compact form once folded and then return to its formed shape when heated.