Fluorescent nanothermometers can probe changes in local temperature in living cells and in
vivo and reveal fundamental insights into biological properties. This field has attracted …

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

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 …

Half a century after its initial emergence, lanthanide photonics is facing a profound
remodeling induced by the upsurge of nanomaterials. Lanthanide‐doped nanomaterials …

Optical tweezers offer revolutionary opportunities for both fundamental and applied research
in materials science, biology, and medical engineering. However, the requirement of a …

The ability to cool and manipulate levitated nanoparticles in vacuum is a promising tool for
exploring macroscopic quantum mechanics,, precision measurements of forces and non …

Individual luminescent nanoparticles enable thermometry with sub-diffraction limited spatial
resolution, but potential self-heating effects from high single-particle excitation intensities …

This review discusses the progress and ongoing efforts in optical refrigeration. Optical
refrigeration is a process in which phonons are removed from a solid by anti-Stokes …

We present experimental results on optical trap** of Yb-doped β-NaYF subwavelength-
thickness high-aspect-ratio hexagonal prisms with a micron-scale radius. The prisms are …

Optical tweezers that rely on laser irradiation to capture and manipulate nanoparticles have
provided powerful tools for biological and biochemistry studies. However, the existence of …