Gold nanorods: the most versatile plasmonic nanoparticles

J Zheng, X Cheng, H Zhang, X Bai, R Ai… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Advances in light transverse momenta and optical lateral forces

Y Shi, X Xu, M Nieto-Vesperinas, Q Song… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
<? pag\vskip-16pt?> Harnessing linear and angular momenta of light is one of the
cornerstones in modern optics and has found tremendous applications in optical circuits …

Heat-mediated optical manipulation

Z Chen, J Li, Y Zheng - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of
fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology. This …

Directed assembly of nanomaterials for making nanoscale devices and structures: Mechanisms and applications

Z Chai, A Childress, AA Busnaina - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional
functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic …

Dark-field microscopy: recent advances in accurate analysis and emerging applications

PF Gao, G Lei, CZ Huang - Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Self-luminous substances such as phosphorescent organisms and chemiluminescent
objects are ideal samples to observe under DFM. In such cases, no exogenous light source …

Ultrafast Fabrication of Large‐Area Colloidal Crystal Micropatterns via Self‐Assembly and Transfer Printing

X Li, L Chen, Y Ma, D Weng, Z Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal crystals have brought the promise of revolution to modern engineering, yet
commonly used fabrication technologies are still limited by the small preparation area, time …

Twin-engine Janus supramolecular nanomotors with counterbalanced motion

J Shao, S Cao, H Che, MT De Martino… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular nanomotors were created with two types of propelling forces that were able
to counterbalance each other. The particles were based on bowl-shaped polymer vesicles …

Thermal optofluidics: principles and applications

J Chen, JFC Loo, D Wang, Y Zhang… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal optofluidics is an emerging field that promises to create numerous research and
application opportunities in biophysics, biochemistry, and clinical biology. Innovation in …

A review on self‐assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into clusters, patterns, and films: emerging synthesis techniques and applications

R Borah, KR Ag, AC Minja, SW Verbruggen - Small Methods, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The colloidal synthesis of functional nanoparticles has gained tremendous scientific
attention in the last decades. In parallel to these advancements, another rapidly growing …

Chiral optofluidics with a plasmonic metasurface using the photothermal effect

C Ma, P Yu, W Wang, Y Zhu, F Lin, J Wang, Z Jing… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic metasurfaces with the photothermal effect have been increasingly investigated
for optofluidics. Meanwhile, along with the expanding application of circularly polarized light …