Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers
Plasmonic optical tweezers can overcome the diffraction limits of conventional optical tweezers and enable the trapping of nanoscale objects. Extension of the trapping and manipulation of nanoscale objects with nanometer position precision opens up unprecedented opportunities for applications in the...
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| description | Plasmonic optical tweezers can overcome the diffraction limits of conventional optical tweezers and enable the trapping of nanoscale objects. Extension of the trapping and manipulation of nanoscale objects with nanometer position precision opens up unprecedented opportunities for applications in the fields of biology, chemistry and statistical and atomic physics. Potential applications include direct molecular manipulation, lab-on-a-chip applications for viruses and vesicles and the study of nanoscale transport. This paper reviews the recent research progress and development bottlenecks and provides an overview of possible future directions in this field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2c23da3f8734fb8bc7f57d81733bd2a2022-12-22T01:26:29ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912015-06-01521048106510.3390/nano5021048nano5021048Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical TweezersJer-Shing Huang0Ya-Tang Yang1Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, TaiwanPlasmonic optical tweezers can overcome the diffraction limits of conventional optical tweezers and enable the trapping of nanoscale objects. Extension of the trapping and manipulation of nanoscale objects with nanometer position precision opens up unprecedented opportunities for applications in the fields of biology, chemistry and statistical and atomic physics. Potential applications include direct molecular manipulation, lab-on-a-chip applications for viruses and vesicles and the study of nanoscale transport. This paper reviews the recent research progress and development bottlenecks and provides an overview of possible future directions in this field.http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/5/2/1048optical tweezersoptical trappingplasmonicsBrownian motionnanomanipulationsurface plasmonnanoplasmonicsnear-field optics |
| spellingShingle | Jer-Shing Huang Ya-Tang Yang Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers Nanomaterials optical tweezers optical trapping plasmonics Brownian motion nanomanipulation surface plasmon nanoplasmonics near-field optics |
| title | Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers |
| title_full | Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers |
| title_fullStr | Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers |
| title_short | Origin and Future of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers |
| title_sort | origin and future of plasmonic optical tweezers |
| topic | optical tweezers optical trapping plasmonics Brownian motion nanomanipulation surface plasmon nanoplasmonics near-field optics |
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