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

Optical trap** and manipulation of micrometre-sized particles was first reported in 1970.
Since then, it has been successfully implemented in two size ranges: the subnanometre …

Optical forces can be used to manipulate biological and colloidal material in a non-contact
manner. This forms the foundation of a wealth of exciting science, particularly in the fields of …

The biomolecule is among the most important building blocks of biological systems, and a
full understanding of its function forms the scaffold for describing the mechanisms of higher …

The ability to manipulate small particles of matter using the forces of light, optical trap**,
forms the basis of a number of exciting research areas, spanning fundamental physics …

This review focuses on the effects of electric fields on giant unilamellar vesicles, a cell-size
membrane system. We describe various types of behavior of vesicles subjected to either …

We demonstrate bowtie apertures that were designed and fabricated by a lift-off process to
optically trap individual, 30 nm, silica-coated quantum dots (scQD). Simulations and …

Noninvasive and ultra-accurate optical manipulation of nanometer objects has recently
gained interest as a powerful tool in nanotechnology and biophysics. Self-induced back …

Optical trap** of gold nanoparticles is experimentally demonstrated using radially and
azimuthally polarized beams. The transverse optical trap** stiffness of gold nanoparticles …