Advances in light transverse momenta and optical lateral forces

Y Shi, X Xu, M Nieto-Vesperinas, Q Song… - Advances in Optics …, 2023‏ - opg.optica.org
<? pag\vskip-16pt?> Harnessing linear and angular momenta of light is one of the
cornerstones in modern optics and has found tremendous applications in optical circuits …

Recent microfluidic advances in submicron to nanoparticle manipulation and separation

S Hettiarachchi, H Cha, L Ouyang, A Mudugamuwa… - Lab on a Chip, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Manipulation and separation of submicron and nanoparticles are indispensable in many
chemical, biological, medical, and environmental applications. Conventional technologies …

Optical manipulation with metamaterial structures

Y Shi, Q Song, I Toftul, T Zhu, Y Yu, W Zhu… - Applied Physics …, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
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Creating stable trap** force and switchable optical torque with tunable phase of light

F Nan, X Li, S Zhang, J Ng, Z Yan - Science advances, 2022‏ - science.org
Light-induced rotation of microscopic objects is of general interest as the objects may serve
as micromotors. Such rotation can be driven by the angular momentum of light or recoil …

Creating tunable lateral optical forces through multipolar interplay in single nanowires

F Nan, FJ Rodríguez-Fortuño, S Yan… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The concept of lateral optical force (LOF) is of general interest in optical manipulation as it
releases the constraint of intensity gradient in tightly focused light, yet such a force is …

Highly‐Adaptable Optothermal Nanotweezers for Trap**, Sorting, and Assembling across Diverse Nanoparticles

J Chen, J Zhou, Y Peng, X Dai, Y Tan… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Optical manipulation of various kinds of nanoparticles is vital in biomedical engineering.
However, classical optical approaches demand higher laser power and are constrained by …

Robotic nanomanipulation based on spatiotemporal modulation of optical gradients

C Liu, Z Huang, S Huang, Y Zhang, B Li, F Nan… - ACS …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Robotic nanomanipulation emerges as a cutting-edge technique pivotal for in situ
nanofabrication, advanced sensing, and comprehensive material characterization. In this …

Nanoparticle deep-subwavelength dynamics empowered by optical meron–antimeron topology

C Lu, B Wang, X Fang, DP Tsai, W Zhu, Q Song… - Nano …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Optical meron is a type of nonplanar topological texture mainly observed in surface plasmon
polaritons and highly symmetric points of photonic crystals in the reciprocal space. Here, we …

Optomechanical wagon‐wheel effects for bidirectional sorting of dielectric nanoparticles

X Xu, Y Yang, L Chen, X Chen, T Wu… - Laser & photonics …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The visual perception of a moving target is not always true. Wheels turning rapidly, for
instance, may look like rotating inversely. This phenomenon is known as the wagon‐wheel …

Multifunctional virus manipulation with large‐scale arrays of all‐dielectric resonant nanocavities

Y Shi, Y Wu, LK Chin, Z Li, J Liu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spatial manipulation of a precise number of viruses for host cell infection is essential for the
extensive studies of virus pathogenesis and evolution. Albeit optical tweezers have been …