This review demonstrates that 4D printing constitutes a key technology to enable significant
advances in microrobotics. Unlike traditional microfabrication techniques, 4D printing …

Air bubbles are a common occurrence in both natural and industrial settings and are a
significant topic in the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, and medicine. The physical …

A method is described for the generation of micrometer-sized vapor-gas bubbles in a water
suspension containing absorptive pigment nanoparticles. The diluted suspension (mean …

Microbubble generation and manipulation play critical roles in diverse applications such as
microfluidic mixing, pumping, and microrobot propulsion. However, existing methods are …

The quest for miniaturization of devices and control over surface properties motivate
rigorous efforts to artificially fabricate surfaces with nanometer features. Here we present a …

We investigate the control of flow direction around a water vapor bubble using the
thermoplasmonic effect of a gold nanoisland film (GNF) under laser irradiation with multiple …

The most common approach to optically generate and manipulate bubbles in liquids
involves temperature gradients induced by CW lasers. In this work, we present a method to …

In this Letter, we show 3D steady-state trapping and manipulation of vapor bubbles in liquids
employing a low-power continuous-wave laser using the Marangoni effect. Light absorption …

The main idea of this review is to trace the interrelations and inter-transitions between the
basic concepts and approaches of the correlation optics (including the light coherence) and …

Optical cavitation can be induced by short pulse lasers focused into a solution with a low
absorption coefficient or using a continuous-wave laser focused into highly absorbent …