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ReviewMicromachines2018

Controlled Mechanical Motions of Microparticles in Optical Tweezers.

Jing Liu, Zhiyuan Li

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Review in Micromachines, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jing LiuInstitute of Laser and Intelligent Manufacturing Technology, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China. jingliu@scuec.edu.cn.
Zhiyuan LiSchool of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. phzyli@scut.edu.cn.

Funding

Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program 2016ZT06C594National Natural Science Foundation of China 11434017"the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities",South-Central University for Nationalities CZP18006"the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities",South-Central University for Nationalities YZZ17004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical tweezers, formed by a highly focused laser beam, have intriguing applications in biology and physics. Inspired by molecular rotors, numerous optical beams and artificial particles have been proposed to build optical tweezers trapping microparticles, and extensive experiences have been learned towards constructing precise, stable, flexible and controllable micromachines. The mechanism of interaction between particles and localized light fields is quite different for different types of particles, such as metal particles, dielectric particles and Janus particles. In this article, we present a comprehensive overview of the latest development on the fundamental and application of optical trapping. The emphasis is placed on controllable mechanical motions of particles, including rotation, translation and their mutual coupling under the optical forces and torques created by a wide variety of optical tweezers operating on different particles. Finally, we conclude by proposing promising directions for future research.

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Janus particlesmechanical motionsmicromachineoptical forceoptical tweezers

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PMID30424165
PMCPMC6187602

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