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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
U.s. Army Research Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-loc-i, Adelphi, MD (US);
Yongle Pan, Ellicott City, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system for trapping particles in a gas comprising a chamber; an intake for intake of a gas containing at least one particle to be trapped and released, and an outlet for exit of the gas out of the chamber containing at least one particle; a first passage operatively connected to the intake operating to create a flow of a gas containing at least one particle into the chamber, a second passage operatively connected to the outlet for flow of the gas; a third passage operatively connected to a gaseous flow for creating a flow of fluid in a direction substantially opposite to the transfer of gas from the first passage so as to counteract the flow of gas from the first passage; an image sensor for recording an image; and a laser for generating a light beam for forming a photophoretic trap between the first and third passages.