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

Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in
scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science. Especially in the past …

When photons interact with matter, forces and torques occur due to the transfer of linear and
angular momentum, respectively. The resulting accelerations are small for macroscopic …

Optical tweezers, tools based on strongly focused light, enable optical trapping,
manipulation, and characterisation of a wide range of microscopic and nanoscopic …

Optical forces are involved in many physical processes and are used routinely in the
laboratory for manipulating and cooling matter, from the micro down to the quantum scales. It …

Light-induced rotation of microscopic objects is of general interest as the objects may serve
as micromotors. Such rotation can be driven by the angular momentum of light or recoil …

Motility in living systems is due to an array of complex molecular nanomotors that are
essential for the function and survival of cells. These protein nanomotors operate not only …

Optical trapping using focused laser beams (laser tweezers) has been proven to be
extremely useful for contactless manipulation of a variety of small objects, including …

The prospect of self-propelled artificial machines small enough to navigate within biological
matter has fascinated and inspired researchers and the public alike since the dawn of …

In the past decade, optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) has entered the field of
plasmonics in the form of surface-confined vortices, generating vast interest. Here we give …