ReviewLight, science & applications2017
Optical manipulation from the microscale to the nanoscale: fundamentals, advances and prospects.
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- Freeform optical flow based on meta-conveyors for compact, programmable in situ nanomanipulation.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Low-power optical tweezers using large-diameter Gaussian and vortex beams for giant bubble trapping and rotation in fluorescent dye media.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Tunable 3D optohydrodynamic torques from optical phase gradient-driven colloidal assemblies.Science advances · 2026Article
- Radiation-pressure-induced surface deformation of transparent liquids due to laser beams under oblique incidence.Photoacoustics · 2025Article
- Tunable photon-recoil forces and negative torque at flat-top beam edges.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Intermediate scattering function of colloids in a periodic laser field.Soft matter · 2025Article
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- Mechanochemistry: Fundamental Principles and Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Three-dimensional optical trapping with a low-NA objective using a flat-top beam.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Recent advances in microscale techniques for red blood cells manipulation.Biomicrofluidics · 2025Review
- Single-molecule manipulation and detection by WGM-coupled photonic nanojets.Discover nano · 2025Article
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Abstract
Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science. Especially in the past decade, numerous optical beams and nanoscale devices have been proposed to mechanically act on nanoparticles in increasingly precise, stable and flexible ways. Both the linear and angular momenta of light can be exploited to produce optical tractor beams, tweezers and optical torque from the microscale to the nanoscale. Research on optical forces helps to reveal the nature of light-matter interactions and to resolve the fundamental aspects, which require an appropriate description of momenta and the forces on objects in matter. In this review, starting from basic theories and computational approaches, we highlight the latest optical trapping configurations and their applications in bioscience, as well as recent advances down to the nanoscale. Finally, we discuss the future prospects of nanomanipulation, which has considerable potential applications in a variety of scientific fields and everyday life.
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