NanoBioPhotonics Systems and Applications Lab (Domna G. Kotsifaki)
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  3. ​      Domna G. Kotsifaki
  4.       Assistant Professor
  5.      email:dk310@duke.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Physics (School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Greece) [Optical tweezers and micromanipulation of dielectric particles and biological samples using Lasers -2012]   

M.Sc. in Physics and Laser Communications (Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, United Kingdom)  [Fabrication and assessment of quantum well lasers and measurement of temperature dependence of the threshold current - 2003]
 
BSc in Physics (Department of Physics, University of Patras, Greece) [Image Processing using transforms Wavelet - 2001]                                                                                                                                                                                                          


Awards, Fellowships, Grants

Selected Fellowships and Grants
  • IKY Fellowships of excellence for Postgraduates studies in Greece-Siemens Scholarship with research project entitled: Fabrication of Smart photonic biosensor for Point-of-Care applications, Athens, Greece. (2016-2017).
  • IKY Fellowships of excellence for Postgraduates studies in Greece-Siemens Scholarship with research project entitled: Fabrication plasmonic devices for applications where high selectivity and sensitivity are required, Athens, Greece.          (2015-2016).
  • The Sumitomo Foundation funding (Number: 200067) with the research project entitled: Smart quantum sensor for Immunoassay diagnosis, (Japan) (2020-2021).
  • JSPS Kakenhi award with research project entitled: Novel label-free tool for infections diagnosis based on Nano-Electro Optical Tweezers, Okinawa, Japan (Program Number: GD1675001) (2020-2023).
Selected Awards
​2005 - 2012 : Thomaideio award for high quality research with paper: 

Selected Publications

Analysis of small microplastics in coastal surface water samples of the subtropical island of Okinawa, Japan
       C. Ripken, D.G.Kotsifaki, S. Nic Chormaic
       Science of the total Environment 760: 143927 (2021)​
       https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143927

Fast and efficient nanoparticle trapping using plasmonic connected nanoring apertures
       T.D. Bouloumis, D.G. Kotsifaki, X. Han, S. Nic Chormaic, V.G. Truong
       Nanotechnology 32(2): 025507 (2021)
       ​https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/abbca9

Fano Resonant Asymmetric Metamaterial-Assisted Tweezers for Single Nanoparticle Trapping
      D.G. Kotsifaki, V.G. Truong, S. Nic Chormaic
      Nano Letters, 20(5): 3388-3395 (2020)
      https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00300

Plasmonic optical tweezers based on nanostructures: fundamentals, advances and prospects
      D.G. Kotsifaki, S. Nic Chormaic
      Nanophotonics 8 (7): 1227-1245 (2019)
      https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2019-0151

Nanometric optical trapping forces on gold plasmonic nanostructures
       D.G. Kotsifaki, M. Makropoulou, A.A. Serafetinides
       Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 86: 30501 (2019)
       https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2019180347

Integration of microfluidics in a Smartphone microscopy device for particles imaging
     D.G. Kotsifaki, M. Makropoulou, A.A. Serafetinides,
     Journal of Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Treatment 6: 1-7 (2018)
     http://dx.doi.org/10.12974/2311-8792.2018.06.1
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Geometrical effect characterization of femtosecond-laser manufactured glass microfluidic chips based on optical           manipulation of sub-micro particles
       D.G. Kotsifaki, M.D. Mackenzie, G. Polydefki, A.K. Kar, M. Makropoulou, A.A. Serafetinide,
       Optical Engineering 56(12): 124111 (2017)
       https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.12.124111

Optical manipulation of micro/nanoparticles using fiber-based optical tweezers
     D.G. Kotsifaki, S. Aggelopoulos, M. Makropoulou, A.A. Serafetinides
     Journal of Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Treatments 4, 25-30 (2016) 
     http://dx.doi.org/10.12974/2311-8792.2016.04.4
 
Plasmon enhanced optical tweezers with gold-coated black silicon
    D.G. Kotsifaki, M. Kandyla, P. G. Lagoudakis
    Scientific Reports 6, 26275 (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26275. Editor’s choice: Optical trapping and manipulation 

Near-field enhanced optical tweezers utilizing femtosecond-laser nanostructured substrates
      D.G. Kotsifaki, M. Kandyla, P.G. Lagoudakis,
      Applied Physics Letter 107, 211111 (2015) 
      https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936600

Efficient and inexpensive multiple optical trap, based on interference
    D.G.  Kotsifaki, M.M. Makropoulou, A.A. Serafetinides,
     Optik 124, 617-621(2013) 
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2011.12.037 

Optical tweezers with enhanced efficiency based on laser structured substrates
    D.G. Kotsifaki, M. Kandyla, I. Zergioti, M. Makropoulou, E. Chatzitheodoridis, A.A. Serafetinides, 
    Applied Physics Letter, 101, 011102(2012)
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4728992.

​Mid infrared radiation transmission through fluoride glass multimode optical fibers 
    D.G. Kotsifaki, A.A. Serafetinides, 
    Optics and Laser Technology, 43, 1448-1452 (2011) 
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2011.04.017 

​Pulsed infrared radiation transmission through hollow silica waveguide
    D.G. Kotsifaki, A.A. Serafetinides, 
    Optics and Laser Technology, 41, 365-372 (2009) 
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.09.006