Ion transport and hydrodynamic flow through nanometer-sized channels (nanopores) have been increasingly studied owing to not only the fundamental interest in the abundance of …
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 …
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The flat endface of an optical fiber tip is an emerging light-coupled microscopic platform that combines fiber optics with planar micro-and nanotechnologies. Since different materials and …
Plasmonic nanotweezers employing metallic nanoantennas provide a powerful tool for trapping nanoscale particles, but the strong heating effect resulting from light absorption …
Recent advances in nanotechnologies have prompted the need for tools to accurately and non-invasively manipulate individual nano-objects. Among the possible strategies, optical …
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an ultrasensitive spectroscopic technique that can identify materials and chemicals based on their inelastic light-scattering properties …
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 …
Solid-state nanopores promise a scalable platform for single-molecule DNA analysis. Direct, real-time identification of nucleobases in DNA strands is still limited by the sensitivity and the …
Plasmonic nanocavities have proved to confine electromagnetic fields into deep subwavelength volumes, implying their potentials for enhanced optical trapping and sensing …