Optical Forces: From Fundamental to Biological Applications

Single-particle spectroscopy for functional nanomaterials

(2020) Jiajia Zhou et al.   NATURE

Optical Pulling Forces and Their Applications

(2020) Hang Li et al.   Advances in Optics and Photonics

Optical Fiber Tweezers: A Versatile Tool for Optical Trapping and Manipulation

(2020) Xiaoting Zhao et al.   Micromachines

Momentum-Topology-Induced Optical Pulling Force

(2020) Hang Li et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Controlling the Dynamics and Optical Binding of Nanoparticle Homodimers with Transverse Phase Gradients

(2019) Curtis W. Peterson et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical force-induced nonlinearity and self-guiding of light in human red blood cell suspensions

(2019) Rekha Gautam et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Additively manufacturable micro-mechanical logic gates

(2019) Yuanping Song et al.   Nature Communications

Emerging opportunities for ultra-high Q whispering gallery mode microcavities

(2019) QingHai Song   Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy

Manipulation and Deposition of Complex, Functional Block Copolymer Nanostructures Using Optical Tweezers

(2019) Oliver E. C. Gould et al.   ACS Nano

Quo vadis, plasmonic optical tweezers?

(2019) Kenneth B. Crozier   Light-Science & Applications

Weak-force sensing with squeezed optomechanics

(2019) Wen Zhao et al.   Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy

Nanophotonic Array-Induced Dynamic Behavior for Label-Free Shape-Selective Bacteria Sieving

(2019) Yuzhi Shi et al.   ACS Nano

Red‐Blood‐Cell Waveguide as a Living Biosensor and Micromotor

(2019) Yuchao Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

All optical dynamic nanomanipulation with active colloidal tweezers

(2019) Souvik Ghosh et al.   Nature Communications

Towards biological applications of nanophotonic tweezers

(2019) Ryan P. Badman et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Light-Guiding Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications

(2018) Soroush Shabahang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Single-molecule measurements of the effect of force on Thy-1/αvβ3-integrin interaction using nonpurified proteins

(2018) Francesca Burgos-Bravo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Optical Manipulation along an Optical Axis with a Polarization Sensitive Meta-Lens

(2018) Hen Markovich et al.   NANO LETTERS

Opto-thermoelectric nanotweezers

(2018) Linhan Lin et al.   Nature Photonics

Full molecular trajectories of RNA polymerase at single base-pair resolution

(2018) Maurizio Righini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Remotely controlled fusion of selected vesicles and living cells: a key issue review

(2018) Azra Bahadori et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Hybrid molecular-colloidal liquid crystals

(2018) Haridas Mundoor et al.   SCIENCE

Sculpting and fusing biomimetic vesicle networks using optical tweezers

(2018) Guido Bolognesi et al.   Nature Communications

Sculpting nanoparticle dynamics for single-bacteria-level screening and direct binding-efficiency measurement

(2018) Y. Z. Shi et al.   Nature Communications

Nanoscale Optical Trapping: A Review

(2018) Carlo Bradac   Advanced Optical Materials

Optically sizing single atmospheric particulates with a 10-nm resolution using a strong evanescent field

(2018) Xiao-Chong Yu et al.   Light-Science & Applications

All-optical manipulation of micrometer-sized metallic particles

(2018) Yuquan Zhang et al.   Photonics Research

Single nanoparticle trapping based on on-chip nanoslotted nanobeam cavities

(2018) Daquan Yang et al.   Photonics Research

Biofabrication strategies for 3D in vitro models and regenerative medicine

(2018) Lorenzo Moroni et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Nanometer-precision linear sorting with synchronized optofluidic dual barriers

(2018) Yuzhi Shi et al.   Science Advances

Nanoradiator-Mediated Deterministic Opto-Thermoelectric Manipulation

(2018) Yaoran Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Living Nanospear for Near-Field Optical Probing

(2018) Yuchao Li et al.   ACS Nano

Lessons from optical tweezers: quantifying organelle interactions, dynamics and modelling subcellular events

(2018) Imogen Sparkes   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Plant organelle dynamics: cytoskeletal control and membrane contact sites

(2018) Chiara Perico et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Optical Tweezers: A Force to Be Reckoned With

(2018) Jessica L. Killian et al.   CELL

Cellular-Resolution Imaging of Vestibular Processing across the Larval Zebrafish Brain

(2018) Itia A. Favre-Bulle et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Nanoscale tweezers for single-cell biopsies

(2018) Binoy Paulose Nadappuram et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Symmetry-breaking-induced nonlinear optics at a microcavity surface

(2018) Xueyue Zhang et al.   Nature Photonics

Clocked atom delivery to a photonic crystal waveguide

(2018) A. P. Burgers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optically induced rotation of Rayleigh particles by arbitrary photonic spin

(2018) Guanghao Rui et al.   Photonics Research

Holographic Plasmonic Nanotweezers for Dynamic Trapping and Manipulation

(2017) Preston R. Huft et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Binding of Nanowires

(2017) Stephen H. Simpson et al.   NANO LETTERS

Hot-nanoparticle-mediated fusion of selected cells

(2017) Azra Bahadori et al.   Nano Research

Chiral liquid crystal colloids

(2017) Ye Yuan et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Nonlinear Self-Action of Light through Biological Suspensions

(2017) Anna Bezryadina et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Single Upconversion Nanoparticle-Bacterium Cotrapping for Single-Bacterium Labeling and Analysis

(2017) Hongbao Xin et al.   Small

Optical trapping of otoliths drives vestibular behaviours in larval zebrafish

(2017) Itia A. Favre-Bulle et al.   Nature Communications

Optically driven ultra-stable nanomechanical rotor

(2017) Stefan Kuhn et al.   Nature Communications

Multicellular Biohybrid Materials: Probing the Interplay of Cells of Different Types Precisely Positioned and Constrained on 3D Wireframe-Like Microstructures

(2017) Maurizio R. Gullo et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Optical manipulation from the microscale to the nanoscale: fundamentals, advances and prospects

(2017) Dongliang Gao et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Trapping and Detection of Nanoparticles and Cells Using a Parallel Photonic Nanojet Array

(2016) Yuchao Li et al.   ACS Nano

Near-Field, On-Chip Optical Brownian Ratchets

(2016) Shao-Hua Wu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Biocompatible and High Stiffness Nanophotonic Trap Array for Precise and Versatile Manipulation

(2016) Fan Ye et al.   NANO LETTERS

Non-fluorescent schemes for single-molecule detection, imaging and spectroscopy

(2016) Jaime Ortega Arroyo et al.   Nature Photonics

Trapping and manipulating nanoparticles in photonic nanojets

(2016) Haotian Wang et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Stitching Organelles: Organization and Function of Specialized Membrane Contact Sites in Plants

(2016) Jessica Pérez-Sancho et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Optical micromanipulation of nanoparticles and cells inside living zebrafish

(2016) Patrick Lie Johansen et al.   Nature Communications

Manipulation and detection of single nanoparticles and biomolecules by a photonic nanojet

(2016) Yu-Chao Li et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Controllable Patterning of Different Cells Via Optical Assembly of 1D Periodic Cell Structures

(2015) Hongbao Xin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bacteria-based branched structures for bionanophotonics

(2015) Hongbao Xin et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Surface plasmon polariton assisted optical pulling force

(2015) Mihail I. Petrov et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Vesicle Fusion Triggered by Optically Heated Gold Nanoparticles

(2015) Andreas Rørvig-Lund et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Epitaxial Growth of Gold Nanoparticle Arrays

(2015) Ningfeng Huang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multi-dimensional single-spin nano-optomechanics with a levitated nanodiamond

(2015) Levi P. Neukirch et al.   Nature Photonics

Superradiance for Atoms Trapped along a Photonic Crystal Waveguide

(2015) A. Goban et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

In Vivo Quantification of Peroxisome Tethering to Chloroplasts in Tobacco Epidermal Cells Using Optical Tweezers

(2015) Hongbo Gao et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transformation and patterning of supermicelles using dynamic holographic assembly

(2015) Oliver E.C. Gould et al.   Nature Communications

Non-contact intracellular binding of chloroplasts in vivo

(2015) Yuchao Li et al.   Scientific Reports

Precision Assembly of Complex Cellular Microenvironments using Holographic Optical Tweezers

(2015) Glen R. Kirkham et al.   Scientific Reports

Single Nanoparticle Detection and Sizing Using a Nanofiber Pair in an Aqueous Environment

(2014) Xiao-Chong Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ultrasensitive Diagnostic Analysis of Au Nanoparticles Optically Trapped in Silicon Photonic Circuits at Sub-Milliwatt Powers

(2014) S. Hamed Mirsadeghi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Quantification of High-Efficiency Trapping of Nanoparticles in a Double Nanohole Optical Tweezer

(2014) Abhay Kotnala et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical trapping of individual human immunodeficiency viruses in culture fluid reveals heterogeneity with single-molecule resolution

(2014) Yuanjie Pang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Three-dimensional manipulation with scanning near-field optical nanotweezers

(2014) J. Berthelot et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A long-range polarization-controlled optical tractor beam

(2014) Vladlen Shvedov et al.   Nature Photonics

Probing the Raman-active acoustic vibrations of nanoparticles with extraordinary spectral resolution

(2014) Skyler Wheaton et al.   Nature Photonics

Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics on a Nanofiber Using a Composite Photonic Crystal Cavity

(2014) Ramachandrarao Yalla et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Potential energy surfaces and reaction pathways for light-mediated self-organization of metal nanoparticle clusters

(2014) Zijie Yan et al.   Nature Communications

Double nanohole optical tweezers visualize protein p53 suppressing unzipping of single DNA-hairpins

(2014) Abhay Kotnala et al.   Biomedical Optics Express

Non-contact fiber-optical trapping of motile bacteria: dynamics observation and energy estimation

(2014) Hongbao Xin et al.   Scientific Reports

Optical orientation and shifting of a single multiwalled carbon nanotube

(2014) Hongbao Xin et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Label-Free Free-Solution Single-Molecule Protein–Small Molecule Interaction Observed by Double-Nanohole Plasmonic Trapping

(2014) Ahmed A. Al Balushi et al.   ACS Photonics

Why Single-Beam Optical Tweezers Trap Gold Nanowires in Three Dimensions

(2013) Zijie Yan et al.   ACS Nano

Optofluidic manipulation of Escherichia coli in a microfluidic channel using an abruptly tapered optical fiber

(2013) Hongbao Xin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Laser-induced fusion of human embryonic stem cells with optical tweezers

(2013) Shuxun Chen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Molecular Adaptations Allow Dynein to Generate Large Collective Forces inside Cells

(2013) Arpan K. Rai et al.   CELL

Review of cavity optomechanical cooling

(2013) Yong-Chun Liu et al.   Chinese Physics B

Optical Vortex Induced Rotation of Silver Nanowires

(2013) Zijie Yan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Digital holography as a method for 3D imaging and estimating the biovolume of motile cells

(2013) F. Merola et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Cavity-enhanced optical trapping of bacteria using a silicon photonic crystal

(2013) Thijs van Leest et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Optical formation and manipulation of particle and cell patterns using a tapered optical fiber

(2013) Hongbao Xin et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Escherichia coli-Based Biophotonic Waveguides

(2013) Hongbao Xin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Trapping and delivery of Escherichia coli in a microfluidic channel using an optical nanofiber

(2013) Hongbao Xin et al.   Nanoscale

Linear momentum increase and negative optical forces at dielectric interface

(2013) Veerachart Kajorndejnukul et al.   Nature Photonics

Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self-arrangement using a ‘tractor beam’

(2013) O. Brzobohatý et al.   Nature Photonics

Dynamical and phase-diagram study on stable optical pulling force in Bessel beams

(2013) Neng Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

In vivo optical trapping indicates kinesin’s stall force is reduced by dynein during intracellular transport

(2013) Benjamin H. Blehm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filopodial retraction force is generated by cortical actin dynamics and controlled by reversible tethering at the tip

(2013) T. Bornschlogl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optical trapping and binding

(2013) Richard W Bowman et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Observation of Radiation Pressure Shot Noise on a Macroscopic Object

(2013) T. P. Purdy et al.   SCIENCE

Trapping red blood cells in living animals using optical tweezers

(2013) Min-Cheng Zhong et al.   Nature Communications

Inferring tumour purity and stromal and immune cell admixture from expression data

(2013) Kosuke Yoshihara et al.   Nature Communications

Optomechanical sensing with on-chip microcavities

(2013) Yi-Wen Hu et al.   Frontiers of Physics

Optofluidic realization and retaining of cell–cell contact using an abrupt tapered optical fibre

(2013) Hongbao Xin et al.   Scientific Reports

Self-assembly of block copolymers

(2012) Yiyong Mai et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Angular Orientation of Nanorods Using Nanophotonic Tweezers

(2012) Pilgyu Kang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ultrastrong Optical Binding of Metallic Nanoparticles

(2012) Vassili Demergis et al.   NANO LETTERS

Measuring Nanoscale Forces with Living Probes

(2012) S. N. Olof et al.   NANO LETTERS

Controlled Photonic Manipulation of Proteins and Other Nanomaterials

(2012) Yih-Fan Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Topological colloids

(2012) Bohdan Senyuk et al.   NATURE

Ultrafast force-clamp spectroscopy of single molecules reveals load dependence of myosin working stroke

(2012) Marco Capitanio et al.   NATURE METHODS

Object-adapted optical trapping and shape-tracking of energy-switching helical bacteria

(2012) Matthias Koch et al.   Nature Photonics

Photonic nanojets as three-dimensional optical atom traps: A theoretical study

(2012) Vassilios Yannopapas   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

An integrated microparticle sorting system based on near-field optical forces and a structural perturbation

(2012) Shiyun Lin et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Force measurements on cargoes in living cells reveal collective dynamics of microtubule motors

(2012) A. G. Hendricks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optomechanical Dark Mode

(2012) C. Dong et al.   SCIENCE

Optical trapping, driving and arrangement of particles using a tapered fibre probe

(2012) Hongbao Xin et al.   Scientific Reports

Multi-destination release of nanoparticles using an optical nanofiber assisted by a barrier

(2012) Hongbao Xin et al.   AIP Advances

Plasmonic Nanoantennas: Fundamentals and Their Use in Controlling the Radiative Properties of Nanoemitters

(2011) Vincenzo Giannini et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Optical Trapping of 12 nm Dielectric Spheres Using Double-Nanoholes in a Gold Film

(2011) Yuanjie Pang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Trapping of a Single Protein

(2011) Yuanjie Pang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Expanding the Optical Trapping Range of Lipid Vesicles to the Nanoscale

(2011) Poul M. Bendix et al.   NANO LETTERS

Surface imaging using holographic optical tweezers

(2011) D B Phillips et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Laser cooling of a nanomechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state

(2011) Jasper Chan et al.   NATURE

Nanowire-based single-cell endoscopy

(2011) Ruoxue Yan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth

(2011) Tao Wu et al.   Nature Photonics

Optical pulling force

(2011) Jun Chen et al.   Nature Photonics

Plasmon nano-optical tweezers

(2011) Mathieu L Juan et al.   Nature Photonics

Shaping the future of manipulation

(2011) K Dholakia et al.   Nature Photonics

Tweezers with a twist

(2011) Miles Padgett et al.   Nature Photonics

Massive photothermal trapping and migration of particles by a tapered optical fiber

(2011) Hongbao Xin et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Targeted delivery and controllable release of nanoparticles using a defect-decorated optical nanofiber

(2011) Hongbao Xin et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

All-optical controllable trapping and transport of subwavelength particles on a tapered photonic crystal waveguide

(2011) Pin-Tso Lin et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Single Gradientless Light Beam Drags Particles as Tractor Beams

(2011) Andrey Novitsky et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Reconfigurable Knots and Links in Chiral Nematic Colloids

(2011) U. Tkalec et al.   SCIENCE

Broadband Light Bending with Plasmonic Nanoantennas

(2011) X. Ni et al.   SCIENCE

Trapping and rotating nanoparticles using a plasmonic nano-tweezer with an integrated heat sink

(2011) Kai Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Optical tweezers for the micromanipulation of plant cytoplasm and organelles

(2010) Chris Hawes et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Trapping and Sensing 10 nm Metal Nanoparticles Using Plasmonic Dipole Antennas

(2010) Weihua Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Light-driven nanoscale plasmonic motors

(2010) Ming Liu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit

(2010) Dmitri K. Gramotnev et al.   Nature Photonics

Optical solenoid beams

(2010) Sang-Hyuk Lee et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Membrane curvature controls dynamin polymerization

(2010) A. Roux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Colloquium: Gripped by light: Optical binding

(2010) Kishan Dholakia et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Probing Dynein and Kinesin Stepping with Mechanical Manipulation in a Living Cell

(2009) Peter A. Sims et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Forces and Transport Velocities for a Particle in a Slot Waveguide

(2009) Allen H. J. Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nano-optical Trapping of Rayleigh Particles andEscherichia coliBacteria with Resonant Optical Antennas

(2009) M. Righini et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanomanipulation Using Silicon Photonic Crystal Resonators

(2009) Sudeep Mandal et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical manipulation of nanoparticles and biomolecules in sub-wavelength slot waveguides

(2009) Allen H. J. Yang et al.   NATURE

High-resolution, long-term characterization of bacterial motility using optical tweezers

(2009) Taejin L Min et al.   NATURE METHODS

Nanowire photonics

(2009) Ruoxue Yan et al.   Nature Photonics

Self-induced back-action optical trapping of dielectric nanoparticles

(2009) Mathieu L. Juan et al.   Nature Physics

Design of nanoslotted photonic crystal waveguide cavities for single nanoparticle trapping and detection

(2009) Shiyun Lin et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Grab a Golgi: Laser Trapping of Golgi Bodies Revealsin vivoInteractions with the Endoplasmic Reticulum

(2009) Imogen A. Sparkes et al.   TRAFFIC

Live cell lithography: Using optical tweezers to create synthetic tissue

(2008) Utkur Mirsaidov et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Surface-plasmon-based optical manipulation

(2008) R. Quidant et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Subwavelength direct-write nanopatterning using optically trapped microspheres

(2008) Euan Mcleod et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nanometric optical tweezers based on nanostructured substrates

(2008) A. N. Grigorenko et al.   Nature Photonics

Guided neuronal growth using optical line traps

(2008) D. J. Carnegie et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Optical forces on metallic nanoparticles induced by a photonic nanojet

(2008) Xudong Cui et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

The optical cell rotator

(2008) Moritz K. Kreysing et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Surface Plasmon Optical Tweezers: Tunable Optical Manipulation in the Femtonewton Range

(2008) Maurizio Righini et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS