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

Conspectus Optical manipulation techniques are important in many fields. For instance, they
enable bottom-up assembly of nanomaterials and high-resolution and in situ analysis of …

Optical manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles provides opportunities for fundamental and
technical innovation in nanophotonics. Optical heating arising from the photon-to-phonon …

Noninvasive and nondestructive techniques for monitoring and manipulating cells or
biomolecules are essential for understanding biological processes. Optical methodologies …

Micrometer-sized vapor-gas bubbles are formed due to local heating of a water suspension
containing absorptive pigment particles of 100 nm diameter. The heating is performed by …

3D pitch rotation of microparticles and cells assumes importance in a wide variety of
applications in biology, physics, chemistry and medicine. Applications such as cell imaging …

Computational modelling has made many useful contributions to the field of optical
tweezers. One aspect in which it can be applied is the simulation of the dynamics of particles …

The ability to manipulate in-fibre particles is of technological and scientific significance, yet
particle manipulation inside solid environment remains fundamentally challenging. Here we …

Optical manipulation of micro/nanoscale objects is of importance in life sciences, colloidal
science, and nanotechnology. Optothermal tweezers exhibit superior manipulation …

Optothermal control of fluid motion has been suggested as a powerful way of controlling
nanomaterials in micro-or nanofluidic samples. Methods based on merely thermal …