Optical tweezers have emerged as a powerful tool for the non-invasive trap** and
manipulation of colloidal particles and biological cells,. However, the diffraction limit …

Inspired by the idea of combining conventional optical tweezers with plasmonic
nanostructures, a technique named plasmonic optical tweezers (POT) has been widely …

Plasmonic nanotweezers employing metallic nanoantennas provide a powerful tool for
trap** nanoscale particles, but the strong heating effect resulting from light absorption …

Alternative plasmonic materials are gaining more and more interest since they deliver a
plethora of advantages in designing of optical metadevices. Among other alternatives …

This study addresses the challenge of trap** nanoscale biological particles using optical
tweezers without the photothermal heating effect and the limitation presented by the …

Photothermal superhydrophobic coatings are essential for a variety of applications including
anti‐icing and light‐driven self‐propelled motion. However, achieving a flexible and durable …

Low-power trap** of nanoscale objects can be achieved by using the enhanced fields
near plasmonic nanoantennas. Unfortunately, in this approach the trap site is limited to the …

Optofluidics is dedicated to achieving integrated control of particles and fluid motion,
particularly on the micrometer scale, by utilizing light to direct fluid flow and particle motion …

Optical traps based on strongly confined electromagnetic fields at metal–dielectric interfaces
are far more efficient than conventional optical tweezers. Specifically, these near-field …

Photonic crystal cavities with bowtie defects that combine ultrahigh Q and ultralow mode
volume are theoretically studied for low-power nanoscale optical trap**. By harnessing …