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 …

Role of particle anisotropy and deposition method on the patterning of nano-objects by the photovoltaic effect in LiNbO3

H Burgos, M Jubera, J Villarroel, A García-Cabañes… - Optical Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Novel experiments and data analysis on the emergent use of evanescent photovoltaic fields
generated by visible illumination of Fe: LiNbO 3 for trapping, patterning and massif …

Photovoltaic versus optical tweezers

J Villarroel, H Burgos, Á García-Cabañes… - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
The operation of photovoltaic (PV) tweezers, using the evanescent light-induced PV fields to
trap and pattern nano-and micro-meter particles on a LiNbO_3 crystal surface, is discussed …

Optimization of particle trapping and patterning via photovoltaic tweezers: role of light modulation and particle size

J Matarrubia, A García-Cabañes, JL Plaza… - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The role of light modulation m and particle size on the morphology and spatial resolution of
nano-particle patterns obtained by photovoltaic tweezers on Fe: LiNbO 3 has been …

Real‐Time Operation of Photovoltaic Optoelectronic Tweezers: New Strategies for Massive Nano‐object Manipulation and Reconfigurable Patterning

C Sebastián‐Vicente, E Muñoz‐Cortés… - Particle & Particle …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Optical and optoelectronic techniques for micro‐and nano‐object manipulation are
becoming essential tools in nano‐and biotechnology. Among optoelectronic manipulation …

Optoelectronic tweezers under arbitrary illumination patterns: theoretical simulations and comparison to experiment

C Arregui, JB Ramiro, Á Alcázar, Á Méndez… - Optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Photovoltaic tweezers are a promising tool to place and move particles on the surface of a
photovoltaic material in a controlled way. To exploit this new technique it is necessary to …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent achievements on photovoltaic optoelectronic tweezers based on lithium niobate

A García-Cabañes, A Blázquez-Castro, L Arizmendi… - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

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 …