All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of
fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology. This …

The optical manipulation of tiny objects is significant to understand and to explore the
unknown in the microworld, which has found many applications in materials science and life …

Over the past decades, nanoparticles have increased in implementation to a variety of
applications ranging from high-efficiency electronics to targeted drug delivery. Recently …

Nanoaperture-based plasmonic tweezers have shown tremendous potential in trapping,
sensing, and spectroscopic analysis of nano-objects with single-molecule sensitivity …

Optothermal manipulation is a versatile technique that combines optical and thermal forces
to control synthetic micro-/nanoparticles and biological entities. This emerging technique …

Plasmonic optical tweezers that stem from the need to trap and manipulate ever smaller
particles using non-invasive optical forces, have made significant contributions to precise …

Charging of interfaces between water and hydrophobic media is a mysterious feature whose
nature and origin have been under debate. Here, we investigate the fundamentals of the …

Due to its contactless and fuel-free operation, optical rotation of micro-/nano-objects
provides tremendous opportunities for cellular biology, three-dimensional (3D) imaging, and …

The rapid development in materials science and engineering requests the manufacturing of
materials in a more rational and designable manner. Beyond traditional manufacturing …