Using individual molecules as conducting bridges for electrons offers opportunities when
investigating quantum phenomena that are not readily accessible from experiments …

In the ever-increasing energy demand scenario, the development of novel photovoltaic (PV)
technologies is considered to be one of the key solutions to fulfil the energy request. In this …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

We present the science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional
crystals, and hybrid systems, targeting an evolution in technology, that might lead to impacts …

Optical tweezers are devices that use a single, strongly focused laser beam for the remote,
noncontact trapping and manipulation of microscopic objects. Since the first demonstration …

Optical trapping and manipulation of micrometre-sized particles was first reported in 1970.
Since then, it has been successfully implemented in two size ranges: the subnanometre …

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

We experimentally demonstrate the optical trapping of a single bovine serum albumin (BSA)
molecule that has a hydrodynamic radius of 3.4 nm, using a double-nanohole in an Au film …

Optical tweezers have found many applications in biology, but for reasonable intensities,
conventional traps are limited to particles> 100 nm in size. We use a double-nanohole in a …

We investigate quantum control of a single atom in a tightly focused optical tweezer trap. We
show that inevitable spatially varying polarization gives rise to significant internal-state …