Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Optical imaging represents one of the most essential tools in biological studies. Although
with great advances, bio-optical imaging still suffers from problems such as resolution …

Biosensors have been designed and developed for detecting biomarkers, biomolecules,
proteins, enzymes, organisms, and various types of bacterial and viral diseases since the …

Optical forces, generally arising from changes of field gradients or linear momentum carried
by photons, form the basis for optical trapping and manipulation. Advances in optical forces …

Plasmonic nanotweezers employing metallic nanoantennas provide a powerful tool for
trapping nanoscale particles, but the strong heating effect resulting from light absorption …

Optical manipulation has achieved great success in the fields of biology, micro/nano robotics
and physical sciences in the past few decades. To date, the optical manipulation is still …

Manipulation of nano-objects at the microscale is of great technological importance for
constructing new functional materials, manipulating tiny amounts of fluids, reconfiguring …

The ability of metallic nanostructures to confine light at the sub-wavelength scale enables
new perspectives and opportunities in the field of nanotechnology. Making use of this …

Optical methods to manipulate and detect nanoscale objects are highly desired in both
nanomaterials and molecular biology fields. Optical tweezers have been used to manipulate …

We present optical trapping with a 10 nm gap resonant coaxial nanoaperture in a gold film.
Large arrays of 600 resonant plasmonic coaxial nanoaperture traps are produced on a …