Plasmonic gold nanoparticles have been used increasingly in solid-state systems because
of their applicability in fabricating novel sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, metamaterials …

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 …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are nanoscale semiconductor crystals with surface ligands
that enable their dispersion in solvents. Quantum confinement effects facilitate wave function …

Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is meeting the requirements in biomedical
science being a highly sensitive and specific analytical tool. By employing portable Raman …

Localized surface plasmons are lossy and generate heat. However, accurate measurement
of the temperature of metallic nanoparticles under illumination remains an open challenge …

Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional
functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic …

Optical tweezers, tools based on strongly focused light, enable optical trap**,
manipulation, and characterisation of a wide range of microscopic and nanoscopic …

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

Conspectus Optical manipulation techniques are important in many fields. For instance, they
enable bottom-up assembly of nanomaterials and high-resolution and in situ analysis of …