Uncalibrated vision-based control for optical manipulation of microscopic particles by Li, X., Cheah, Chien Chern

“…In this paper, a vision-based adaptive control method is proposed for micromanipulation using optical tweezers. A general model of robotic manipulator is introduced in the optical tweezers system so that the movement of the laser beam is controlled by vision-based closed-loop robotic manipulation techniques. …”
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Mechanical properties of tau pre-mRNA splice site hairpin and its mutants by Shi, Jiahao

“…In this research we mainly focus on studying tau pre-mRNA splice site hairpin and some of its mutants using optical tweezers. Single tau pre-mRNA molecules are combined with DNA/RNA hybrid handles, which can be stretched with optical tweezers, measuring the tiny force around 20 picoNewtons (pN). …”
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Optical rotational self-assembly at air-water surface by a single vortex beam by Xintong Chen, Weizhu Cheng, Mingyuan Xie, Fuli Zhao

“…Keywords: Optical rotation dynamics, Optical tweezers, Self-assembly, Orbital angular momentum…”
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Squeezing Light via Levitated Cavity Optomechanics by Guoyao Li, Zhang-Qi Yin

“…The two-mode squeezing can be maximized near the boundary of the system stable regime and is sensitive to both the cavity decay rate and the power of the optical tweezers.…”
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Effects of Infrared Optical Trapping on Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a Microfluidic System by Zdeněk Pilát, Alexandr Jonáš, Jan Ježek, Pavel Zemánek

“…It was also among the first living organisms that were manipulated by optical tweezers and it is currently a frequent subject of optical micromanipulation experiments. …”
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Optical Manipulation of Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles: How to Overcome Their Limitations by Elisa Ortiz-Rivero, Lucía Labrador-Páez, Paloma Rodríguez-Sevilla, Patricia Haro-González, Patricia Haro-González

“…Since Ashkin's pioneering work, optical tweezers have become an essential tool to immobilize and manipulate microscale and nanoscale objects. …”
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Thermal gradient induced tweezers for the manipulation of particles and cells by Jiajie Chen, Hengji Cong, Jacky Loo, Zhiwen Kang, Minghui Tang, Haixi Zhang, Shu-Yuen Wu, Siu-Kai Kong, Ho-Pui Ho

“…Abstract Optical tweezers are a well-established tool for manipulating small objects. …”
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Comment on “Unified treatment of nonlinear optical force in laser trapping of dielectric particles of varying sizes” by Gérard Gouesbet

“…In a comprehensive, important, and innovative paper devoted to the evaluation of nonlinear optical force exerted on particles trapped in optical tweezers, imprecise statements have, however, been made which may be misleading to newcomers. …”
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Visible-Light Integrated Photonics for 3D-Printing and Trapped-Ion Systems by Corsetti, Sabrina M.

“…Finally, we demonstrate optical trapping and tweezing of microspheres and cancer cells using an integrated optical phased array for the first time, representing a two-orders-of-magnitude increase in the standoff distance of integrated optical tweezers and the first cell experiments using single-beam integrated optical tweezers.…”
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Micro-optofluidic manipulation of particles by Soh, Kok Hong.

“…The method of optical manipulation of micro particles using optical tweezers was discovered many years ago. Since then, the field of optical tweezers went through many trials and experiments and had progress tremendously. …”
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Regional feedback control of robot with application to optical manipulation of biological cells by Li, Xiang

“…The dynamics of robotic manipulator is introduced into optical tweezers system so that a closed-loop manipulator control problem can be formulated and solved. …”
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Structures and dynamics of optically confined matter by Dear, R, R D Dear

“…</p> <p>The optical trapping of aerosol droplets is an area of key importance in atmospheric chemistry, as optical tweezers provide a valuable and versatile tool for droplet manipulation and characterisation. …”

Optical trapping of sub-millimeter sized particles and microorganisms by Laurynas Lialys, Justinas Lialys, Alessandro Salandrino, Brian D. Ackley, Shima Fardad

“…Abstract While optical tweezers (OT) are mostly used for confining smaller size particles, the counter-propagating (CP) dual-beam traps have been a versatile method for confining both small and larger size particles including biological specimen. …”
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Substrate Stiffness Mediates Formation of Novel Cytoskeletal Structures in Fibroblasts during Cell–Microspheres Interaction by Olga Adamczyk, Zbigniew Baster, Maksymilian Szczypior, Zenon Rajfur

“…Confocal microscopy allows to observe changes in the 3D organization of the cytoskeleton in response to a precise mechanical stimulus applied with, for example, a bead trapped with optical tweezers. Optical tweezers-based method (OT) is a microrheological technique which employs a focused laser beam and polystyrene or latex beads to study mechanical properties of biological systems. …”
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Optimal wavefronts and subwavelength structures : computer-aided design for optics and acoustics by Lee, Yoon Kyung (Yoon Kyung Eunnie)

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Linear and Non-Linear Mechanical Nature of a Living Mammalian Cytoplasm by Gupta, Satish Kumar

“…The results obtained agree with independent optical tweezers measurements. In the second part of the thesis, we systematically show that cell polarity, which is known to facilitate a diverse set of cellular processes such as directional cell migration, differentiation, localized membrane growth, activation of the immune system, is a critical regulator of the anisotropic behavior of mechanics, dynamics and forces within the cytoplasm. …”
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Thermal fluctuations of the lipid membrane determine particle uptake into Giant Unilamellar Vesicles by Yareni A. Ayala, Ramin Omidvar, Winfried Römer, Alexander Rohrbach

“…Here the authors use optical tweezers, particle tracking and mathematical modelling to show that the uptake process into giant vesicles is influenced by thermal membrane fluctuations.…”
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Directed assembly of optically bound matter. by Summers, MD, Dear, R, Taylor, J, Ritchie, G

“…Small ensembles of silica microspheres are assembled in a controlled manner using optical tweezers. The structures and dynamics of the resulting optically bound chains are interpreted using a simulation implementing generalized Lorentz-Mie theory. …”

Confinement effect on interparticle potential in nematic colloids. by Vilfan, M, Osterman, N, Copic, M, Ravnik, M, Zumer, S, Kotar, J, Babic, D, Poberaj, I

“…We studied the confinement effect on the interaction force in nematic liquid crystal colloids with spherical particles inducing planar anchoring. Using magneto-optical tweezers, we measured the spatial dependence of the quadrupolar structural interparticle force over 4 orders of magnitude. …”

Optical trapping and spectroscopic characterisation of ionic liquid solutions. by Moore, L, Summers, MD, Ritchie, G

“…Droplets comprised of aqueous solutions of the IL ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) are demonstrated to be readily trapped by optical tweezers and are characterized spectroscopically, by analysing the morphology dependent resonances present within backscattered light originating from a broadband light emitting diode. …”