Microfluidic synthesis, control, and sensing of magnetic nanoparticles: A review

R Abedini-Nassab, M Pouryosef Miandoab, M Şaşmaz - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Magnetic nanoparticles have attracted significant attention in various disciplines, including
engineering and medicine. Microfluidic chips and lab-on-a-chip devices, with precise control …

Electromagnetic forces and torques: From dielectrophoresis to optical tweezers

M Riccardi, OJF Martin - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical
tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical …

Three-dimensional projection of optical hopfion textures in a material

R Tamura, SR Allam, NM Litchinitser, T Omatsu - ACS Photonics, 2024 - ACS Publications
Skyrmionic hopfions are three-dimensional quasiparticles discovered in liquid crystals and
magnetic materials. Analogous optical hopfions have been studied theoretically and …

Optical manipulation: advances for biophotonics in the 21st century

S Corsetti, K Dholakia - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Optical trap** is a technique capable of applying minute forces that has
been applied to studies spanning single molecules up to microorganisms. Aim: The goal of …

Direct generation of 523 nm orbital Poincaré mode from a diode-pumped Pr3+:LiYF4 laser with an off-axis optical needle pum** geometry

A Srinivasa Rao, T Miike, K Miamoto, T Omatsu - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an ultra-compact (8 mm-long) green orbital Poincaré Pr^ 3+: LiYF_4 (YLF)
laser, in which the intracavity lasing modes are represented as eigenmodes on an …

Torsion pendulum driven by the angular momentum of light: Beth's legacy continues

E Brasselet - Advanced Photonics, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The optical angular momentum is ubiquitous to the science of light, especially whenever the
polarization state and the spatial distribution of the phase are involved, which are most often …

Transverse optical gradient force in untethered rotating metaspinners

E Engay, M Shanei, V Mylnikov, G Wang… - Light: Science & …, 2025 - nature.com
Nanostructured dielectric metasurfaces offer unprecedented opportunities to control light-
matter momentum exchange, and thereby the forces and torques that light can exert on …

[HTML][HTML] Laser writing of parabolic micromirrors with a high numerical aperture for optical trap** and rotation

T Plaskocinski, Y Arita, GD Bruce, S Persheyev… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
On-chip optical trap** systems allow for high scalability and lower the barrier to access.
Systems capable of trap** multiple particles typically come with high cost and complexity …

Unlocking Single‐Particle Multiparametric Sensing: Decoupling Temperature and Viscosity Readouts through Upconverting Polarized Spectroscopy

E Ortiz‐Rivero, K Prorok, R Marin… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Upconverting particles (UCPs), renowned for their capability to convert infrared to visible
light, serve as invaluable imaging probes. Furthermore, their responsiveness to diverse …

Giant diffusion of nanomechanical rotors in a tilted washboard potential

L Bellando, M Kleine, Y Amarouchene, M Perrin… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We present an experimental realization of a biased optical periodic potential in the low
friction limit. The noise-induced bistability between locked (torsional) and running (spinning) …