Heat-Mediated Optical Manipulation [PDF]
Chemical Reviews, 2022 Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology.
Jingang Li, Yuebing Zheng
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Optical Manipulation Heats up: Present and Future of Optothermal Manipulation. [PDF]
ACS Nano, 2023 Optothermal manipulation is a versatile technique that combines optical and thermal forces to control synthetic micro-/nanoparticles and biological entities.
Kollipara PS, Chen Z, Zheng Y.
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Optical manipulation from the microscale to the nanoscale: fundamentals, advances and prospects [PDF]
Light: Science and Applications, 2017 Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science.
Dongliang Gao +2 more
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Optical manipulation and assembly of micro/nanoscale objects on solid substrates. [PDF]
iScience, 2022 Summary Many light-based technologies have been developed to manipulate micro/nanoscale objects such as colloidal particles and biological cells for basic research and practical applications. While most approaches such as optical tweezers are best suited
Li J, Alfares A, Zheng Y.
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Optical manipulation of Rashba-split 2-dimensional electron gas. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2022 In spintronics, the two main approaches to actively control the electrons’ spin involve static magnetic or electric fields. An alternative avenue relies on the use of optical fields to generate spin currents, which can bolster spin-device performance ...
Michiardi M +13 more
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Cubic-Phase Metasurface for Three-Dimensional Optical Manipulation. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel), 2021 The optical tweezer is one of the important techniques for contactless manipulation in biological research to control the motion of tiny objects. For three-dimensional (3D) optical manipulation, shaped light beams have been widely used.
Kuo HY +8 more
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Optical manipulation: advances for biophotonics in the 21st century. [PDF]
J Biomed Opt, 2021 . Significance: Optical trapping is a technique capable of applying minute forces that has been applied to studies spanning single molecules up to microorganisms.
Corsetti S, Dholakia K.
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3D printed microfluidic lab-on-a-chip device for fiber-based dual beam optical manipulation. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 3D printing of microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices enables rapid prototyping of robust and complex structures. In this work, we designed and fabricated a 3D printed lab-on-a-chip device for fiber-based dual beam optical manipulation.
Wang H +5 more
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Optical manipulation of molecular function by chromophore-assisted light inactivation. [PDF]
Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci, 2021 In addition to simple on/off switches for molecular activity, spatiotemporal dynamics are also thought to be important for the regulation of cellular function.
Takemoto K.
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Optical Manipulation of F-Actin with Photoswitchable Small Molecules. [PDF]
J Am Chem Soc, 2020 The spatiotemporally-controlled perturbation of cellular function using photopharmacology has facilitated the elucidation of biological networks and opens up new opportunities for precision medicine.
Borowiak M +8 more
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