This review presents an up-dated summary of the fundamentals and applications of
optoelectronic photovoltaic tweezers for trapping and manipulation of nano-objects on the …

The actuation and control of liquid droplets on a surface have important implications in many
industrial applications and microfluidics. In recent years, various strategies have been used …

The application of evanescent photovoltaic (PV) fields, generated by visible illumination of
Fe: LiNbO 3 substrates, for parallel massive trapping and manipulation of micro-and nano …

Optical and optoelectronic techniques for micro-and nano-object manipulation are becoming
essential tools in nano-and biotechnology. The use of photovoltaic optoelectronic tweezers …

Controlled splitting of liquid droplets is a key function in many microfluidic applications. In
recent years, various methodologies have been used to accomplish this task. Here, we …

We investigated the effect of a photovoltaic field generated on the surface of iron-doped
lithium niobate crystals on sessile droplets of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline and a …

Sessile droplets of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline material were exposed to surface
electric fields produced by pyroelectric and photogalvanic (photovoltaic) effects in X-cut iron …

This contribution presents an optofluidic droplet router which is able to route and steer
microdroplets using optically induced forces created solely by the bulk photovoltaic effect on …

The generation of adhesive regions on a z-cut lithium niobate crystal without an additional
voltage supply is demonstrated. We show that the origin of the attractive force in the …

Acquiring solute from sources without external aids is a challenging manipulation of water
microdroplets for developing LN-based biological lab-on-chips. Herein, a cycling to-and-fro …