Session 13

[OMC15-01(Invited)] Single droplet formation with a focused near-infrared laser beam in the temperature responsive ionic liquid

*Ken-ichi Yuyama¹, Maho Tanaka¹, Yasuyuki Tsuboi¹ (1. Osaka Metropolitan University)

We demonstrate single droplet formation in a thermo-responsive ionic liquid/water mixture by optical tweezers with a focused near-infrared laser beam. In optical tweezing at room temperature, nano-clusters are prepared due to local laser heating and trapped at focal spot to form a droplet. The current approach provides a new opportunity to concentrate molecular ions at a specific position.