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Shuzhang Liang, Yuqing Cao, Yuguo Dai, Fenghui Wang, Xue Bai, Bin Song, Chaonan Zhang, Chunyuan Gan, Fumihito Arai, Lin Feng
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P. Punyabrahma, R. Bathe, G. R. Jayanth
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Menyang Gong, Xin Xu, Yupei Qiao, Zhonghan Fei, Yuanyuan Li, Jiehui Liu, Aijun He, Xiaozhou Liu
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(2023)
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Yuchen Zhu, Minmin You, Yuzhi Shi, Haiyang Huang, Zeyong Wei, Tao He, Sha Xiong, Zhanshan Wang, Xinbin Cheng
Summary: Optical tweezers (OTs) are capable of manipulating particles precisely through the transfer of light momentum. They have enabled exploration in nonlinear optics, soft-condensed-matter physics, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry due to their non-contact and precise control properties. The combination of OTs with microfluidic chips has led to the development of optofluidic tweezers, overcoming limitations in speed and efficiency. This paper provides an overview of static OTs and recent advancements in optofluidic tweezers, including capture, manipulation, sorting, and measurement using different technologies. It also highlights the trend of combining optofluidic tweezers with other techniques for greater functionality, and concludes by summarizing the main challenges and future directions in this research field.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Dandan Zhang, Yunxiao Ren, Antoine Barbot, Florent Seichepine, Benny Lo, Zhuo-Chen Ma, Guang-Zhong Yang
Summary: Optical manipulation technology allows precise control of micro-robots in a fluidic environment, with applications in various biomedical fields. Recent advancements in 3D micro-fabrication have enabled the creation of sophisticated micro-robots with good reproducibility, expanding the use of optical tweezers for manipulation of micro-robots.
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Review
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Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Taekjip Ha, Christian Kaiser, Sua Myong, Bin Wu, Jie Xiao
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(2021)
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