Edward P. Furlani, Ph.D.


Research Professor, ILPB
Professor, Depts. of Chemical/Biological   Electrical Engineering
614 Furnas Hall
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Buffalo, NY 14260-4200
(716)645-1194(Office)
efurlani@buffalo.edu
www.photonics.buffalo.edu/furlani
www.cbe.buffalo.edu/people/full_time/e_furlani.php

Research Areas

Prof. Furlani’s research interests include multidisciplinary and multiscale modeling of materials and devices in the fields of microsystems, microfluidics, biomagnetics and phophotonics. He works with other ILPB faculty in the following areas.

  • Biomagnetics: novel devices.
  • Magnetic micro/nano-particles: novel systems, drug delivery, bioseparation, magnetofection.
  • Microfluidcs: novel processes and devices including nanofluids and multiphase systems.
  • Photonics: analysis and design of nanoscale plamsmonic systems and (negative-index) metamaterials.
  • MEMS: analysis and design.

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Selected Publications/Presentations

Nanomagnetics - Bioapplications

  1. E. P. Furlani and K. C. Ng , "Nanoscale Magnetic Biotransport with Application to Magnetofection," E. P. Furlani and K. C. Ng, Phys. Rev. E 77 Art. No. 061914, 2008.
  2. E. P. Furlani , Y. Sahoo , K. C. Ng, J. C. Wortman and T. E. Monk, "A Model for Predicting Magnetic Particle Capture in a Microfluidic Bioseparator," Biomedical Microdevices, 1387-2176, May 2007.
  3. E. P. Furlani , "Magnetophoretic Separation of Blood Cells at the Microscale", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 40 1313-1319, 2007.

Magnetophoretic Separation of Blood Cells

  1. E. J. Furlani and E. P. Furlani, "A Model for Predicting Magnetic Targeting of Multifunctional Particles in the Microvasculature," J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 312 Issue 1 187-193, 2007.
  2. E. P. Furlani and K. C. Ng, "Analytical Model of Magnetic Nanoparticle Transport and Capture in the Microvasculature," E. P. Furlani and K. C. Ng, Phys. Rev. E 73 (6): Art. No. 061919 Part 1 Jun. 2006.
  3. E. P. Furlani and Y. Sahoo, "Analytical Model for the Magnetic Field and Force in a Magnetophoretic Microsystem," E. P. Furlani and Y. Sahoo, J. Phys. D - Appl. Phys. (9): 1724-1732 May 7 2006.
  4. E. P. Furlani , "Analysis of Particle Transport in a Magnetophoretic Microsystem," J. Appl. Phys. 99 (2): Art. No. 024912 Jan. 15 2006.
  5. Y. Sahoo, Y. He, M. T. Swihart, S. Wang, H. Luo, E. P. Furlani, P. N. Prasad, "An Aerosol Mediated Magnetic Colloid: Study of Nickel Nanoparticles," J. Appl. Phys., 2005.
  6. Y. Sahoo, A. Goodarzi, M. T. Swihart, T. Y. Ohulchanskyy, N. Kau, E. P. Furlani, P. N. Prasad, "Aqueous Ferrofluid of Magnetite Nanoparticles: Fluorescence Labeling and Magnetophoretic Control," J. Phys. Chem. B 109 (9) 2005.
  7. Y. Sahoo, M. Cheon S. Wang, H. Luo, E. P. Furlani, P. N. Prasad, "Field-directed Self-assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles," J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (11) 2004.

Nanophotonics

  1. E. P. Furlani and A. Baev, “Free-space Excitation of Resonant Cavities formed from Cloaking Metamaterial,” J. Modern Optics, in press, 2009.
  2. E. P. Furlani and A. Baev, “Optical Nanotrapping using Cloaking Metamaterial,” Phys. Rev. E, in press, 2009.
  3. A. Baev, E. P. Furlani, P. N. Prasad, A. N. Grigorenko, and N. W. Roberts, “Laser Nanotrapping and Manipulation of Nanoscale Objects using Subwavelength Apertured Plasmonic Media,” J. Appl. Phys. 103, 084316 2008.
  4. A. Baev, E. P. Furlani, M. Samoc, and P. N. Prasad, “Negative refractivity assisted optical power limiting,” J. Appl. Phys. 102, 043101 2007.

Book Chapters

  1. Y. Sahoo; E. P. Furlani and E. J. Bergey, "Magnetic Nanoparticles: Structure and Bioapplications," , Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Eds. G. L. Bolwin and G. Wnek, Deker Encyclopedias, Taylor and Francis, NY, 2006.
  2. E. P. Furlani , "Magnetic Materials," Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference. Ed. M. Ashby et al., Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.
  3. Invited: E. P. Furlani, "Nanoscale Magnetic Biotransport," Handbook of Nanophysics, ed. Klaus Sattler, in press, 2009.
  4. Invited: E. P. Furlani, "Particle Trasport in Magnetophoretic Microsystem," Microfluidic Devices in Nanotechnology: Current Status and Future Perspective, ed. Challa Kumar, in press, 2009.

Conference Presentations

  1. E.P. Furlani , A. Baev and P.N. Prasad, “Plasmon Assisted Nanotrapping", Plasmonics and Metamaterials, OSA META Conf. Oct 2008.
  2. Invited: E.P. Furlani , A. Baev and P.N. Prasad, “Optical Nanotrapping Using Illuminated Metallic Nanostructures: Analysis and Applications,” NSTI Nanotech Conference, June 2008.