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Pioneering clarification of new principle: Light-induced acceleration of DNA double-strand formation.
—Toward the realization of faster and more accurate genetic testing—
(Link to press release in Japanese)

Published paper: T. Iida*, Y. Nishimura*, M. Tamura, K. Nishida, S. Ito, and S. Tokonami*, "Submillimetre Network Formation by Light-induced Hybridization of Zeptomole-level DNA", Sci. Rep. 6, 37768 (2016). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37768)

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Detection sensitivity is enhanced by an optical guiding of viruses for the micro-holes and nano-spikes.
—Toward the low-cost detection of viruses and bacteria in medical sites, food company, etc.—
(Link to press release in Japanese)

Published paper: T. Yoshikawa, M. Tamura*, S. Tokonami, and T. Iida*, "Optical Trap-Mediated High-Sensitivity Nanohole Array Biosensors with Random Nanospikes", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 370 (2017). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02262)

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Clarifying a mechanism of higly specific and rapid detection with a bacteria-transcribing polymer film.
—Toward the development of very rapid detection method to prevent the food poisoning by O157—
(Link to press release in Japanese)

Published paper: S. Tokonami, E. Shimizu, M. Tamura, and T. Iida, "Mechanism in External Field-mediated Trapping of Bacteria Sensitive to Nanoscale Surface Chemical Structure", Sci. Rep. 7, 16651 (2017). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15086-1)

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"Nano structure composites" produced only in 2 steps enhances a molecular optical response 100 million times more.
Hints were orderly arranged compound eyes of insects and the natural phenomenon of lightning rod.
(Link to press release in Japanese)

Published paper: T. Uchida, T. Yoshikawa, M. Tamura, T. Iida*, K. Imura*, "Multiple Resonances Induced by Plasmonic Coupling between Gold Nanoparticle Trimers and Hexagonal Assembly of Gold-Coated Polystyrene Microspheres", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 3652 (2016). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01493)

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Developing new method to produce a polycrystal of molecules in organic solvent with laser.
—Optically producing a polarization filter as large as cells—
(Link to press release in Japanese)

Published paper: Y. Yamamoto, Y. Nishimura, S. Tokonami, N. Fukui, T. Tanaka, A. Osuka, H. Yorimitsu, and T. Iida, "Macroscopically Anisotropic Structures Produced by Light-induced Solvothermal Assembly of Porphyrin Dimers", Sci. Rep. 8, 11108 (2018). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28311-2)

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"Bubblegum sensor" enables a detection of one-quadrillionth gram proteins in few minutes.
—Using a shrinkage of micro bubblegum produced by photon pressure and photo-thermal effect—
(Link to press release in Japanese)

Published paper: M. Ueda, Y. Nishimura, M. Tamura, S. Ito, S. Tokonami, and T. Iida, "Microflow-mediated optical assembly of nanoparticles with femtogram protein via shrinkage of light-induced bubbles", APL Photonics 4, 010802 (2019). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5079306)

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Optical spin accelerates the vortex motion of interacting collective nanoparticles.
—Clarifying the works of light angular momentum for the mechanical motion—
(Link to press release in Japanese)

Published paper: M. Tamura*, T. Omatsu, S. Tokonami, and T. Iida*, "Interparticle-Interaction-Mediated Anomalous Acceleration of Nanoparticles under Light-Field with Coupled Orbital and Spin Angular Momentum", Nano Lett. 19, 4873 (2019). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00332)

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Osaka Prefecture University’s Research Institute for Light-induced Acceleration System and Murata Manufacturing Are Jointly Developing a Portable Optical Condensation System That Will Make Bacteria Testing More Efficient
—The system will be exhibited at CEATEC 2019 as a product of industry-university cooperation—
(Link to press release)


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Our paper has been press-released from Osaka Metropolitan University.
Journal: Communications Biology
Title: Attogram-level Light-induced Antigen-antibody Binding Confined in Microflow
Authors: Takuya Iida, Shota Hamatani, Yumiko Takagi, Kana Fujiwara, Mamoru Tamura and Shiho Tokonami
#This paper has been also introduced by EurekAlert! of AAAS

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Our paper has been press-released from Osaka Metropolitan University.
Journal: Communications Biology
Title: Attogram-level Light-induced Antigen-antibody Binding Confined in Microflow
Authors: Takuya Iida, Shota Hamatani, Yumiko Takagi, Kana Fujiwara, Mamoru Tamura and Shiho Tokonami
#This paper has been also introduced by EurekAlert! of AAAS
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