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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces2018

Optothermophoretic Manipulation of Colloidal Particles in Nonionic Liquids.

Xiaolei Peng, Linhan Lin, Eric H Hill, Pranaw Kunal, Simon M Humphrey, Yuebing Zheng

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Photothermal Transport for Guiding Nanoparticles Through the Vitreous Humor.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  2. Perspective: Thermophoresis and Its Promise for Optical Patterning.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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  7. Optothermal rotation of micro-/nano-objects.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2023
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  11. Heat-Mediated Optical Manipulation.Chemical reviews · 2022
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  17. Thermo-Electro-Mechanics at Individual Particles in Complex Colloidal Systems.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2019
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  19. Opto-Thermophoretic Tweezers and Assembly.Journal of micro- and nano-manufacturing · 2018
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  20. Opto-Thermophoretic Attraction, Trapping, and Dynamic Manipulation of Lipid Vesicles.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xiaolei PengMaterials Science & Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Linhan LinMaterials Science & Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Eric H HillMaterials Science & Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Pranaw KunalDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Simon M HumphreyDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Yuebing ZhengMaterials Science & Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

Funding

On-Chip Multiplexed Adhesion Frequency Assay for Measuring Receptor-Ligand Interactions on CellsDP2GM128446 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI ZHENG, YUEBING · 2017 to 2017
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM128446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The response of colloidal particles to a light-controlled external temperature field can be harnessed for opto-thermophoretic manipulation of the particles. The thermoelectric effect is regarded as the driving force for thermophoretic trapping of particles at the light-irradiated hot region, which is thus limited to ionic liquids. Herein, we achieve opto-thermophoretic manipulation of colloidal particles in various non-ionic liquids, including water, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol and 1-butanol, and establish the physical mechanism of the manipulation at the molecular level. We reveal that the non-ionic driving force originates from a layered structure of solvent molecules at the particle-solvent interface, which is supported by molecular dynamics simulations. Furthermore, the effects of hydrophilicity, solvent type, and ionic strength on the layered interfacial structures and thus the trapping stability of particles are investigated, providing molecular-level insight into thermophoresis and guidance on interfacial engineering for optothermal manipulation.

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PMID30766650
PMCPMC6369910

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