Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

Optical tweezers (OT) have emerged as an essential tool for manipulating single biological
cells and performing sophisticated biophysical/biomechanical characterizations. Distinct …

We review the combinations of optical micro‐manipulation with other techniques and their
classical and emerging applications to non‐contact optical separation and sorting of micro …

Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

Massive growth of the microfluidics field has triggered numerous advances in focusing,
separating, ordering, concentrating, and mixing of microparticles. Microfluidic systems …

We report a microfluidic separation and sizing method of microparticles with hydrophoresis—
the movement of suspended particles under the influence of a microstructure-induced …

It is well known that a particle put into an ultrasonic standing wave tends to move towards an
equilibrium position, where the acoustic pressure-induced force on its surface compensates …

We present a generic technique allowing size-based all-optical sorting of gold
nanoparticles. Optical forces acting on metallic nanoparticles are substantially enhanced …

An extended interference pattern close to the surface may result in either a transmissive or
an evanescent surface field for large-area manipulation of trapped particles. The affinity of …

The motion of particles in random potentials occurs in several natural phenomena ranging
from the mobility of organelles within a biological cell to the diffusion of stars within a galaxy …