Plasmonic tweezers: for nanoscale optical trap** and beyond

Y Zhang, C Min, X Dou, X Wang, HP Urbach… - Light: Science & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
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 …

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation

S Santoro, AH Avci, A Politano, E Curcio - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Freshwater scarcity is a vital societal challenge related to climate change, population
pressure, and agricultural and industrial demands. Therefore, sustainable desalination …

Light-driven CO2 methanation over Au-grafted Ce0.95Ru0.05O2 solid-solution catalysts with activities approaching the thermodynamic limit

H Jiang, L Wang, H Kaneko, R Gu, G Su, L Li… - Nature Catalysis, 2023‏ - nature.com
Photothermal CO2 methanation offers a clean and sustainable solution to store intermittent
renewable energy as synthetic CH4. However, its high reaction temperature and low space …

Electromagnetic forces and torques: From dielectrophoresis to optical tweezers

M Riccardi, OJF Martin - Chemical Reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical
tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical …

Luminescence thermometry beyond the biological realm

B Harrington, Z Ye, L Signor, AD Pickel - ACS Nanoscience Au, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
As the field of luminescence thermometry has matured, practical applications of
luminescence thermometry techniques have grown in both frequency and scope. Due to the …

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 …

Plasmonic optical tweezers based on nanostructures: fundamentals, advances and prospects

DG Kotsifaki, SN Chormaic - Nanophotonics, 2019‏ - degruyter.com
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 …

Single photon source from a nanoantenna-trapped single quantum dot

Q Jiang, P Roy, JB Claude, J Wenger - Nano Letters, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Single photon sources with high brightness and subnanosecond lifetimes are key
components for quantum technologies. Optical nanoantennas can enhance the emission …

Quantifying the role of the surfactant and the thermophoretic force in plasmonic nano-optical trap**

Q Jiang, B Rogez, JB Claude, G Baffou, J Wenger - Nano Letters, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanotweezers use intense electric field gradients to generate optical forces able
to trap nano-objects in liquids. However, part of the incident light is absorbed into the metal …

Thermometric analysis of nanoaperture-trapped erbium-containing nanocrystals

EH Toodeshki, AL Frencken, FCJM van Veggel… - ACS …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Temperature changes in plasmonic traps can affect biomolecules and quantum emitters;
therefore, several works have sought out the capability of measuring the local temperature …