Abstract
Avalanche concentration, a rapid long-range accumulation of particles around a laser spot in a liquid sample, is demonstrated and characterized for VO2 nanorods. The effect is found to be driven by a convective flow in the sample, caused by efficient heating of VO2 nanorods that transition from insulator to metal within the laser spot.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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