Optical manipulation heats up: Present and future of optothermal manipulation

PS Kollipara, Z Chen, Y Zheng - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Optothermal manipulation is a versatile technique that combines optical and thermal forces
to control synthetic micro-/nanoparticles and biological entities. This emerging technique …

Light-controlled soft bio-microrobot

J ** force and switchable optical torque with tunable phase of light
F Nan, X Li, S Zhang, J Ng, Z Yan - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Light-induced rotation of microscopic objects is of general interest as the objects may serve
as micromotors. Such rotation can be driven by the angular momentum of light or recoil …
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J Chen, J Zhou, Y Peng, X Dai, Y Tan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Optical manipulation of various kinds of nanoparticles is vital in biomedical engineering.
However, classical optical approaches demand higher laser power and are constrained by …

Multimodal optothermal manipulations along various surfaces

H Ding, PS Kollipara, K Yao, Y Chang, DJ Dickinson… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Optical tweezers have provided tremendous opportunities for fundamental studies and
applications in the life sciences, chemistry, and physics by offering contact-free manipulation …

Light‐Driven Micronavigators for Directional Migration of Cells

Y Zhao, X Liu, Z Gong, J Xu, T Wu, H Wu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cell migration is an essential physiological process in the life cycle of cells, playing a crucial
role in cancer metastasis, neural development, and cellular immune response. However …