Nanoscale Optical Trapping: A Review

Manipulating particles with light: radiation and gradient forces

(2017) David S Bradshaw et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Understanding and Reducing Photothermal Forces for the Fabrication of Au Nanoparticle Dimers by Optical Printing

(2017) Julian Gargiulo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Binding of Nanowires

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

Lateral Casimir Force on a Rotating Particle near a Planar Surface

(2017) Alejandro Manjavacas et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Room-temperature spontaneous superradiance from single diamond nanocrystals

(2017) Carlo Bradac et al.   Nature Communications

Optical Nanoparticle Sorting Elucidates Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanotriangles

(2016) María Ana Huergo et al.   ACS Nano

Optically Evolved Assembly Formation in Laser Trapping of Polystyrene Nanoparticles at Solution Surface

(2016) Shun-Fa Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Optical Trapping-Formed Colloidal Assembly with Horns Extended to the Outside of a Focus through Light Propagation

(2016) Tetsuhiro Kudo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Cooperatively enhanced dipole forces from artificial atoms in trapped nanodiamonds

(2016) Mathieu L. Juan et al.   Nature Physics

Direct Measurement of Photon Recoil from a Levitated Nanoparticle

(2016) Vijay Jain et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Manipulation of cells with laser microbeam scissors and optical tweezers: a review

(2016) Karl Otto Greulich   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

On the natures of the spin and orbital parts of optical angular momentum

(2016) Stephen M Barnett et al.   Journal of Optics

Laser Trapping of Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles

(2015) Anni Lehmuskero et al.   ACS Nano

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

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

Chiral discrimination in optical binding

(2015) Kayn A. Forbes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Germanium-Vacancy Single Color Centers in Diamond

(2015) Takayuki Iwasaki et al.   Scientific Reports

Manipulation and assembly of ZnO nanowires with single holographic optical tweezers system

(2014) Jing Li et al.   APPLIED OPTICS

Plasmonic Optical Tweezers toward Molecular Manipulation: Tailoring Plasmonic Nanostructure, Light Source, and Resonant Trapping

(2014) Tatsuya Shoji et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Selective Trapping or Rotation of Isotropic Dielectric Microparticles by Optical Near Field in a Plasmonic Archimedes Spiral

(2014) Wei-Yi Tsai et al.   NANO LETTERS

Imaging the intracellular distribution of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in living cells with quantitative hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering

(2014) Dan Fu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Dynamic relaxation of a levitated nanoparticle from a non-equilibrium steady state

(2014) Jan Gieseler et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Subnanometre resolution in three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of individual dark spins

(2014) M. S. Grinolds et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nanoscale temperature measurements using non-equilibrium Brownian dynamics of a levitated nanosphere

(2014) J. Millen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

(2014) Zijie Yan et al.   Nature Communications

Guiding Spatial Arrangements of Silver Nanoparticles by Optical Binding Interactions in Shaped Light Fields

(2013) Zijie Yan et al.   ACS Nano

Interrogating Biology with Force: Single Molecule High-Resolution Measurements with Optical Tweezers

(2013) Marco Capitanio et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Protein folding and unfolding under force

(2013) Bharat Jagannathan et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Surface plasmon-enhanced photochemical reactions

(2013) Kosei Ueno et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Unexpected Chirality of Nanoparticle Dimers and Ultrasensitive Chiroplasmonic Bioanalysis

(2013) Xiaoling Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Resolving Stable Axial Trapping Points of Nanowires in an Optical Tweezers Using Photoluminescence Mapping

(2013) Fan Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Light-Assisted, Templated Self-Assembly Using a Photonic-Crystal Slab

(2013) Eric Jaquay et al.   NANO LETTERS

Molecular-sized fluorescent nanodiamonds

(2013) Igor I. Vlasov et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Three-dimensional optical manipulation of a single electron spin

(2013) Michael Geiselmann et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Raman spectroscopy as a versatile tool for studying the properties of graphene

(2013) Andrea C. Ferrari et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Laser-induced rotation and cooling of a trapped microgyroscope in vacuum

(2013) Yoshihiko Arita et al.   Nature Communications

Attomolar DNA detection with chiral nanorod assemblies

(2013) Wei Ma et al.   Nature Communications

Force sensing with a shaped dielectric micro-tool

(2012) D. B. Phillips et al.   EPL

Recent advances in laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy (LTRS) for label-free analysis of single cells

(2012) James W. Chan   Journal of Biophotonics

Optical trapping and polarization-controlled scattering of dielectric spherical nanoparticles by femtosecond laser pulses

(2012) Anwar Usman et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY

Reversible Photoinduced Formation and Manipulation of a Two-Dimensional Closely Packed Assembly of Polystyrene Nanospheres on a Metallic Nanostructure

(2012) Tatsuya Shoji et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Noble-metal nanoparticles and short pulses for nanomanipulations: theoretical analysis

(2012) Gili Bisker et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

Thermo-plasmonics: using metallic nanostructures as nano-sources of heat

(2012) Guillaume Baffou et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Three-Dimensional Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Single Silver Nanowires

(2012) Zijie Yan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Measuring Nanoscale Forces with Living Probes

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

An optically actuated surface scanning probe

(2012) D. B. Phillips et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Single-Molecule Study ofG-Quadruplex Disruption Using Dynamic Force Spectroscopy

(2012) Michel de Messieres et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Rotational Quantum Friction

(2012) Rongkuo Zhao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Proposed Nonlinear Resonance Laser Technique for Manipulating Nanoparticles

(2012) Tetsuhiro Kudo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Subkelvin Parametric Feedback Cooling of a Laser-Trapped Nanoparticle

(2012) Jan Gieseler et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) Biosensor for the Protein Detection

(2012) Maximilien Cottat et al.   Plasmonics

Femtosecond-Pulsed Plasmonic Nanotweezers

(2012) Brian J. Roxworthy et al.   Scientific Reports

Fano-Doppler Laser Cooling of Hybrid Nanostructures

(2011) Alessandro Ridolfo et al.   ACS Nano

Plasmon-Enhanced Optical Trapping of Gold Nanoaggregates with Selected Optical Properties

(2011) Elena Messina et al.   ACS Nano

Manipulation and Raman Spectroscopy with Optically Trapped Metal Nanoparticles Obtained by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids

(2011) E. Messina et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Nonlinear Optical Processes in Optically Trapped InP Nanowires

(2011) Fan Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Trapping of a Single Protein

(2011) Yuanjie Pang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optothermal Escape of Plasmonically Coupled Silver Nanoparticles from a Three-Dimensional Optical Trap

(2011) Alexander Ohlinger et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Force Stamping Lithography

(2011) Spas Nedev et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ultrahigh-resolution optical trap with single-fluorophore sensitivity

(2011) Matthew J Comstock et al.   NATURE METHODS

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

Millikelvin cooling of an optically trapped microsphere in vacuum

(2011) Tongcang Li et al.   Nature Physics

Moving into the cell: single-molecule studies of molecular motors in complex environments

(2011) Claudia Veigel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Fractal plasmonics: subdiffraction focusing and broadband spectral response by a Sierpinski nanocarpet

(2011) Giorgio Volpe et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Dual-trap optical tweezers with real-time force clamp control

(2011) Anders E. Wallin et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

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

(2011) Kai Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Direct Measurements of Heating by Electromagnetically Trapped Gold Nanoparticles on Supported Lipid Bilayers

(2010) Poul M. Bendix et al.   ACS Nano

Single DNA molecule detection in an optical trap using surface-enhanced Raman scattering

(2010) Satish Rao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optical Trapping of Quantum Dots Based on Gap-Mode-Excitation of Localized Surface Plasmon

(2010) Yasuyuki Tsuboi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Trapping and Sensing 10 nm Metal Nanoparticles Using Plasmonic Dipole Antennas

(2010) Weihua Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

All-Optical Patterning of Au Nanoparticles on Surfaces Using Optical Traps

(2010) Mason J. Guffey et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles, bubble formation and patterning of SERS aggregates

(2010) Zuwei Liu et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Nonlinear optical effects in trapping nanoparticles with femtosecond pulses

(2010) Yuqiang Jiang et al.   Nature Physics

Optically trapped probes with nanometer-scale tips for femto-Newton force measurement

(2010) M R Pollard et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Toward quantum superposition of living organisms

(2010) Oriol Romero-Isart et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Optimized optical trapping of gold nanoparticles

(2010) Faeghe Hajizadeh et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Effect of pulse temporal shape on optical trapping and impulse transfer using ultrashort pulsed lasers

(2010) Janelle C. Shane et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Short-Range Force Detection Using Optically Cooled Levitated Microspheres

(2010) Andrew A. Geraci et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Influence of Noise on Force Measurements

(2010) Giovanni Volpe et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Colloquium: Gripped by light: Optical binding

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

Detection of doxorubicin-induced apoptosis of leukemic T-lymphocytes by laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy

(2010) Tobias J. Moritz et al.   Biomedical Optics Express

Rotation Detection in Light-Driven Nanorotors

(2009) P. H. Jones et al.   ACS Nano

Optical position clamping with predictive control

(2009) Heikki Ojala et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Combined optical trapping and microphotoluminescence of single InP nanowires

(2009) Peter J. Reece et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Simple Route for Preparing Optically Trappable Probes for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

(2009) Štefan Bálint et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

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

(2009) M. Righini et al.   NANO LETTERS

Alignment, Rotation, and Spinning of Single Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Nanowires Using Polarization Dependent Optical Forces

(2009) Lianming Tong et al.   NANO LETTERS

Photons refrigerating phonons

(2009) Andrew Cleland   Nature Physics

Self-induced back-action optical trapping of dielectric nanoparticles

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

Controlled assembly of In_2O_3 nanowires on electronic circuits using scanning optical tweezers

(2009) Song-Woo Lee et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Optical trapping calculations for metal nanoparticles Comparison with experimental data for Au and Ag spheres

(2009) Rosalba Saija et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Raman tweezers and their application to the study of singly trapped eukaryotic cells

(2008) Richard D. Snook et al.   Integrative Biology

Angular momentum of a strongly focused Gaussian beam

(2008) Timo A Nieminen et al.  

Femtonewton Force Sensing with Optically Trapped Nanotubes

(2008) O. M. Maragò et al.   NANO LETTERS

Quantitative Optical Trapping of Single Gold Nanorods

(2008) Christine Selhuber-Unkel et al.   NANO LETTERS

Efficient Optical Trapping and Visualization of Silver Nanoparticles

(2008) Lana Bosanac et al.   NANO LETTERS

Single-molecule force spectroscopy: optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopy

(2008) Keir C Neuman et al.   NATURE METHODS

Nanometric optical tweezers based on nanostructured substrates

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

Optical vortex trap for resonant confinement of metal nanoparticles

(2008) Maria Dienerowitz et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Theory of resonant radiation force exerted on nanostructures by optical excitation of their quantum states: From microscopic to macroscopic descriptions

(2008) Takuya Iida et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Selective Aggregation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using the Large Optical Field Gradient of a Focused Laser Beam

(2008) Thomas Rodgers et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

(2008) Maurizio Righini et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Theory of ultracold atomic Fermi gases

(2008) Stefano Giorgini et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Many-body physics with ultracold gases

(2008) Immanuel Bloch et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Cavity Optomechanics: Back-Action at the Mesoscale

(2008) T. J. Kippenberg et al.   SCIENCE