<? 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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Optical manipulation of tiny objects has benefited many research areas ranging from physics
to biology to micro/nanorobotics. However, limited manipulation modes, intense lasers with …

Optical tweezers have provided tremendous opportunities for fundamental studies and
applications in the life sciences, chemistry, and physics by offering contact-free manipulation …

Optical tweezers have profound importance across fields ranging from manufacturing to
biotechnology. However, the requirement of refractive index contrast and high laser power …

We propose a novel approach to generating optical pulling forces on a gold nanowire, which
are placed inside or above a hyperbolic metamaterial and subjected to plane wave …

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

Light carries energy and momentum, laying the physical foundation of optical manipulation
that has facilitated advances in myriad scientific disciplines, ranging from biochemistry and …