Domna Kotsifaki PI

NanoBioPhotonics Systems and Applications Lab (Domna G. Kotsifaki)

Domna G. Kotsifaki
Assistant Professor
email:dk310@duke.edu

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Qualifications

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

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