The advancement of science and technology has led to the recent development of highly sensitive pathogen biosensing techniques. The effective treatment of pathogen infections …
The novel human coronavirus pandemic is one of the most significant occurrences in human civilization. The rapid proliferation and mutation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome …
Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical …
Z Wang, J Chen, SA Khan, F Li, J Shen, Q Duan, X Liu… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plasmonic metasurfaces have been widely used in biosensing to improve the interaction between light and biomolecules through the effects of near-field confinement. When paired …
Optical tweezers use the momentum carried by light to exert forces on objects. They have had a profound impact on a truly diverse range of scientific fields, from biology to …
A dielectrophoretic device employing a planar array of microelectrodes is designed for controlled transport of individual microparticles. By exciting the electrodes in sequence, a …
We use topology optimization and adjoint sensitivity analysis to inversely design plasmonic nanoapertures for nanoparticle optical trapping. Surprisingly, our algorithm produces a …
Plasmonic apertures permit optical fields to be concentrated into sub‐wavelength regions. This enhances the optical gradient force, enabling the precise trapping of nanomaterials …