[HTML][HTML] Strain-based scanning probe microscopies for functional materials, biological structures, and electrochemical systems

J Li, JF Li, Q Yu, QN Chen, S Xie - Journal of Materiomics, 2015 - Elsevier
Strain and electromechanical coupling are ubiquitous in nature, and exist in many
processes involved in information technology, energy conversion, and biological …

LiNbO3: A photovoltaic substrate for massive parallel manipulation and patterning of nano-objects

M Carrascosa, A García-Cabañes, M Jubera… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Light-induced dynamics of liquid-crystalline droplets on the surface of iron-doped lithium niobate crystals

A Sterle, L Cmok, N Sebastián, A Mertelj… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
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 …

Time evolution of photovoltaic fields generated by arbitrary light patterns in z-cut LiNbO3:Fe: application to optoelectronic nanoparticle manipulation

JF Muñoz-Martínez, Á Alcázar, M Carrascosa - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The bulk photovoltaic effect is a phenomenon that generates high electric fields in certain
ferroelectric crystals under illumination, as iron doped lithium niobate (LiNbO_3: Fe). A …

Light induced DEP for immobilizing and orienting Escherichia coli bacteria

L Miccio, V Marchesano, M Mugnano, S Grilli… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Manipulating bacteria and understanding their behavior when interacting with different
substrates are of fundamental importance for patterning, detection, and any other topics …

Efficient photo-induced dielectrophoretic particle trapping on Fe:LiNbO3 for arbitrary two dimensional patterning

JF Muñoz-Martínez, I Elvira, M Jubera… - Optical Materials …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
1D and 2D patterning of uncharged micro-and nanoparticles via dielectrophoretic forces on
photovoltaic z-cut Fe: LiNbO_3 have been investigated for the first time. The technique has …

Photorefractive and computational holography in the experimental generation of Airy beams

RAB Suarez, TA Vieira, ISV Yepes… - Optics Communications, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the experimental generation of Airy beams via computational and
photorefractive holography. Experimental generation of Airy beams using conventional …

Optoelectronic manipulation of bio-droplets containing cells or macromolecules by active ferroelectric platforms

A Puerto, JL Bella, C López-Fernández… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Photovoltaic optoelectronic tweezers are a useful platform with many applications in optical
manipulation and nanotechnology. They are based on electrical forces associated with the …

Trapping and patterning of biological objects using photovoltaic tweezers

M Jubera, I Elvira, A García-Cabañes, JL Bella… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Photovoltaic tweezers are a recently proposed technique for manipulation and patterning of
micro-and nano-objects. It is based in the dielectrophoretic forces associated to the electric …

Massive ordering and alignment of cylindrical micro-objects by photovoltaic optoelectronic tweezers

I Elvira, JF Muñoz-Martínez, Á Barroso, C Denz… - Optics Letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Optical tools for manipulation and trapping of micro-and nano-objects are a fundamental
issue for many applications in nano-and biotechnology. This work reports on the use of one …