Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of
fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology. This …

Optothermal nanotweezers have emerged as an innovative optical manipulation technique
in the past decade, which revolutionized classical optical manipulation by efficiently …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trap**, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of plasmonic nanoparticles and
nanostructures has attracted wide attention because the nanoparticles exhibit a strong near …

The optical manipulation of tiny objects is significant to understand and to explore the
unknown in the microworld, which has found many applications in materials science and life …

The ability of metallic nanostructures to confine light at the sub-wavelength scale enables
new perspectives and opportunities in the field of nanotechnology. Making use of this …

Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

Optical manipulation of various kinds of nanoparticles is vital in biomedical engineering.
However, classical optical approaches demand higher laser power and are constrained by …

Plasmonic tweezers are an emerging research topic because of their breakthrough in the
conventional diffraction limit and precise manipulation at the nanoscale. Notably, their …