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Liu C, Huang Z, Huang S, Zhang Y, Li B, Nan F, Zheng Y. Robotic Nanomanipulation Based on Spatiotemporal Modulation of Optical Gradients. ACS NANO 2024; 18:19391-19400. [PMID: 38904270 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c06596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Robotic nanomanipulation emerges as a cutting-edge technique pivotal for in situ nanofabrication, advanced sensing, and comprehensive material characterization. In this study, we develop an optical robotic platform (ORP) for the dynamic manipulation of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs). The ORP incorporates a human-in-the-loop control mechanism enhanced by real-time visual feedback. This feature enables the generation of custom optical landscapes with adjustable intensity and phase configurations. Based on the ORP, we achieve the parallel and reconfigurable manipulation of multiple NPs. Through the application of spatiotemporal phase gradient-reversals, our platform demonstrates capabilities in trapping, binding, rotating, and transporting NPs across custom trajectories. This presents a previously unidentified paradigm in the realm of in situ nanomanipulation. Additionally, the ORP facilities a "capture-and-print" assembly process, utilizing a strategic interplay of phase and intensity gradients. This process operates under a constant laser power setting, streamlining the assembly of NPs into any targeted configuration. With its precise positioning and manipulation capabilities, underpinned by the spatiotemporal modulation of optical gradients, the ORP will facilitate the development of colloid-based sensors and on-demand fabrication of nanodevices.
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- Chenchen Liu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Institute of Nanophotonics, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Institute of Nanophotonics, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
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- Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, and Materials Science and Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Institute of Nanophotonics, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Institute of Nanophotonics, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Institute of Nanophotonics, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, and Materials Science and Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Yao J, Hsu WL, Liang Y, Lin R, Chen MK, Tsai DP. Nonlocal metasurface for dark-field edge emission. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadn2752. [PMID: 38630828 PMCID: PMC11023491 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn2752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Nonlocal effects originating from interactions between neighboring meta-atoms introduce additional degrees of freedom for peculiar characteristics of metadevices, such as enhancement, selectivity, and spatial modulation. However, they are generally difficult to manipulate because of the collective responses of multiple meta-atoms. Here, we experimentally demonstrate the nonlocal metasurface to realize the spatial modulation of dark-field emission. Plasmonic asymmetric split rings (ASRs) are designed to simultaneously excite local dipole resonance and nonlocal quasi-bound states in the continuum and spatially extended modes. With one type of unit, nonlocal effects are tailored by varying array periods. ASRs at the metasurface's edge lack sufficient interactions, resulting in stronger dark-field scattering and thus edge emission properties of the metasurface. Pixel-level spatial control is demonstrated by simply erasing some units, providing more flexibility than conventional local metasurfaces. This work paves the way for manipulating nonlocal effects and facilitates applications in optical trapping and sorting at the nanoscale.
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- Jin Yao
- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, Taoyuan 320371, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Centre for Biosystems, Neuroscience, and Nanotechnology, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Centre for Biosystems, Neuroscience, and Nanotechnology, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Yang Q, Zhou X, Lou B, Zheng N, Chen J, Yang G. An F OF 1-ATPase motor-embedded chromatophore as a nanorobot for overcoming biological barriers and targeting acidic tumor sites. Acta Biomater 2024; 179:207-219. [PMID: 38513724 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Despite the booming progress of anticancer nanomedicines in the past two decades, precise tumor-targetability and sufficient tumor-accumulation are less successful and still require further research. To tackle this challenge, herein we present a biomolecular motor (FOF1-ATPase)-embedded chromatophore as nanorobot to efficiently overcome biological barriers, and thoroughly investigate its chemotactic motility, tumor-accumulation ability and endocytosis. Chromatophores embedded with FOF1-ATPase motors were firstly extracted from Thermus thermophilus, then their properties were fully characterized. Specifically, two microfluidic platforms (laminar flow microchip and tumor microenvironment (TME) microchip) were designed and developed to fully investigate the motility, tumor-accumulation ability and endocytosis of the chromatophore nanorobot (CN). The results from the laminar flow microchip indicated that the obtained CN possessed the strongly positive chemotaxis towards protons. And the TME microchip experiments verified that the CN had a desirable tumor-accumulation ability. Cellular uptake experiments demonstrated that the CN efficiently promoted the endocytosis of the fluorescence DiO into the HT-29 cells. And the in vivo studies revealed that the intravenously administered CN exhibited vigorous tumor-targetability and accumulation ability as well as highly efficient antitumor efficacy. All the results suggested that FOF1-ATPase motors-embedded CN could be promising nanomachines with powerful self-propulsion for overcoming physiological barriers and tumor-targeted drug delivery. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: In this study, we demonstrated that FOF1-ATPase-embedded chromatophore nanorobots exhibit a strong proton chemotaxis, which not only plays a key role in tumor-targetability and accumulation, but also promotes tumor tissue penetration and internalization. The results of in vitro and in vivo studies indicated that drug-loaded chromatophore nanorobots are capable to simultaneously accomplish tumor-targeting, accumulation, penetration and internalization for enhanced tumor therapy. Our study provides a fundamental basis for further study on FOF1-ATPase-embedded chromatophore as tumor-targeting drug delivery systems that have promising clinical applications. It offers a new and more efficient delivery vehicle for cancer related therapeutics.
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- Qingliang Yang
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China.
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Nan F, Rodríguez-Fortuño FJ, Yan S, Kingsley-Smith JJ, Ng J, Yao B, Yan Z, Xu X. Creating tunable lateral optical forces through multipolar interplay in single nanowires. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6361. [PMID: 37821466 PMCID: PMC10567843 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42076-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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The concept of lateral optical force (LOF) is of general interest in optical manipulation as it releases the constraint of intensity gradient in tightly focused light, yet such a force is normally limited to exotic materials and/or complex light fields. Here, we report a general and controllable LOF in a nonchiral elongated nanoparticle illuminated by an obliquely incident plane wave. Through computational analysis, we reveal that the sign and magnitude of LOF can be tuned by multiple parameters of the particle (aspect ratio, material) and light (incident angle, direction of linear polarization, wavelength). The underlying physics is attributed to the multipolar interplay in the particle, leading to a reduction in symmetry. Direct experimental evidence of switchable LOF is captured by polarization-angle-controlled manipulation of single Ag nanowires using holographic optical tweezers. This work provides a minimalist paradigm to achieve interface-free LOF for optomechanical applications, such as optical sorting and light-driven micro/nanomotors.
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- Fan Nan
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics Manipulation, Institute of Nanophotonics, Jinan University, 511443, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 710119, Xi'an, China.
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- Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 710119, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 710119, Xi'an, China.
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Achouri K, Chung M, Kiselev A, Martin OJF. Multipolar Pseudochirality-Induced Optical Torque. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:3275-3282. [PMID: 37743946 PMCID: PMC10515695 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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It has been observed that achiral nanoparticles, such as flat helices, may be subjected to an optical torque even when illuminated by normally incident linearly polarized light. However, the origin of this fascinating phenomenon has so far remained mostly unexplained. We therefore propose an exhaustive discussion that provides a clear and rigorous explanation for the existence of such a torque. Using multipolar theory and taking into account nonlocal interactions, we find that this torque stems from multipolar pseudochiral responses that generate both spin and orbital angular momenta. We also show that the nature of these peculiar responses makes them particularly dependent on the asymmetry of the particles. By elucidating the origin of this type of torque, this work may prove instrumental for the design of high-performance nano-rotors.
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- Karim Achouri
- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Institute of Electrical and Microengineering, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Institute of Electrical and Microengineering, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Institute of Electrical and Microengineering, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nanophotonics and Metrology Laboratory, Institute of Electrical and Microengineering, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Han JH, Kim D, Kim J, Kim G, Fischer P, Jeong HH. Plasmonic Nanostructure Engineering with Shadow Growth. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2107917. [PMID: 35332960 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Physical shadow growth is a vacuum deposition technique that permits a wide variety of 3D-shaped nanoparticles and structures to be fabricated from a large library of materials. Recent advances in the control of the shadow effect at the nanoscale expand the scope of nanomaterials from spherical nanoparticles to complex 3D shaped hybrid nanoparticles and structures. In particular, plasmonically active nanomaterials can be engineered in their shape and material composition so that they exhibit unique physical and chemical properties. Here, the recent progress in the development of shadow growth techniques to realize hybrid plasmonic nanomaterials is discussed. The review describes how fabrication permits the material response to be engineered and highlights novel functions. Potential fields of application with a focus on photonic devices, biomedical, and chiral spectroscopic applications are discussed.
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- Jang-Hwan Han
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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Rey M, Volpe G, Volpe G. Light, Matter, Action: Shining Light on Active Matter. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:1188-1201. [PMID: 37215318 PMCID: PMC10197137 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Light carries energy and momentum. It can therefore alter the motion of objects on the atomic to astronomical scales. Being widely available, readily controllable, and broadly biocompatible, light is also an ideal tool to propel microscopic particles, drive them out of thermodynamic equilibrium, and make them active. Thus, light-driven particles have become a recent focus of research in the field of soft active matter. In this Perspective, we discuss recent advances in the control of soft active matter with light, which has mainly been achieved using light intensity. We also highlight some first attempts to utilize light's additional properties, such as its wavelength, polarization, and momentum. We then argue that fully exploiting light with all of its properties will play a critical role in increasing the level of control over the actuation of active matter as well as the flow of light itself through it. This enabling step will advance the design of soft active matter systems, their functionalities, and their transfer toward technological applications.
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- Marcel Rey
- Physics
Department, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Physics
Department, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ London, United Kingdom
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Lu J, Ginis V, Qiu CW, Capasso F. Polarization-Dependent Forces and Torques at Resonance in a Microfiber-Microcavity System. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:183601. [PMID: 37204895 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.183601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Spin-orbit interactions in evanescent fields have recently attracted significant interest. In particular, the transfer of the Belinfante spin momentum perpendicular to the propagation direction generates polarization-dependent lateral forces on particles. However, it is still elusive as to how the polarization-dependent resonances of large particles synergize with the incident light's helicity and resultant lateral forces. Here, we investigate these polarization-dependent phenomena in a microfiber-microcavity system where whispering-gallery-mode resonances exist. This system allows for an intuitive understanding and unification of the polarization-dependent forces. Contrary to previous studies, the induced lateral forces at resonance are not proportional to the helicity of incident light. Instead, polarization-dependent coupling phases and resonance phases generate extra helicity contributions. We propose a generalized law for optical lateral forces and find the existence of optical lateral forces even when the helicity of incident light is zero. Our work provides new insights into these polarization-dependent phenomena and an opportunity to engineer polarization-controlled resonant optomechanical systems.
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- Jinsheng Lu
- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 9 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 9 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Data Lab and Applied Physics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 9 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Kollipara PS, Chen Z, Zheng Y. Optical Manipulation Heats up: Present and Future of Optothermal Manipulation. ACS NANO 2023; 17:7051-7063. [PMID: 37022087 PMCID: PMC10197158 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Optothermal manipulation is a versatile technique that combines optical and thermal forces to control synthetic micro-/nanoparticles and biological entities. This emerging technique overcomes the limitations of traditional optical tweezers, including high laser power, photon and thermal damage to fragile objects, and the requirement of refractive-index contrast between target objects and the surrounding solvents. In this perspective, we discuss how the rich opto-thermo-fluidic multiphysics leads to a variety of working mechanisms and modes of optothermal manipulation in both liquid and solid media, underpinning a broad range of applications in biology, nanotechnology, and robotics. Moreover, we highlight current experimental and modeling challenges in the pursuit of optothermal manipulation and propose future directions and solutions to the challenges.
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- Pavana Siddhartha Kollipara
- Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Gu L, Shu R, Liu X, Hu H, Zhan Q. Enhanced Diffractive Circular Dichroism from Stereoscopic Plasmonic Molecule Array. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1175. [PMID: 37049269 PMCID: PMC10096713 DOI: 10.3390/nano13071175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Artificial nanostructures with large optical chiral responses have been intensively investigated recently. In this work, we propose a diffractive circular dichroism enhancement technique using stereoscopic plasmonic molecule structures. According to the multipole expansion analysis, the z-component of the electric dipole becomes the dominant chiral scattering mechanism during the interaction between an individual plasmonic molecule and the plane wave at a grazing angle. For a periodical structure with the designed plasmonic molecule, large diffractive circular dichroism can be obtained, which can be associated with the Wood-Rayleigh anomaly. Such a diffractive circular dichroism enhancement is verified by the good agreement between numerical simulations and experimental results. The proposed approach can be potentially used to develop enhanced spectroscopy techniques to measure chiral information, which is very important for fundamental physical and chemical research and bio-sensing applications.
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- Liangliang Gu
- School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
- Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai 201204, China
- Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
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- School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
- Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai 201204, China
- Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
- Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai 201204, China
- Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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Da A, Chu Y, Krach J, Liu Y, Park Y, Lee SE. Optical Penetration of Shape-Controlled Metallic Nanosensors across Membrane Barriers. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:2824. [PMID: 36905027 PMCID: PMC10007193 DOI: 10.3390/s23052824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Precise nanostructure geometry that enables the optical biomolecular delivery of nanosensors to the living intracellular environment is highly desirable for precision biological and clinical therapies. However, the optical delivery through membrane barriers utilizing nanosensors remains difficult due to a lack of design guidelines to avoid inherent conflict between optical force and photothermal heat generation in metallic nanosensors during the process. Here, we present a numerical study reporting significantly enhanced optical penetration of nanosensors by engineering nanostructure geometry with minimized photothermal heating generation for penetrating across membrane barriers. We show that by varying the nanosensor geometry, penetration depths can be maximized while heat generated during the penetration process can be minimized. We demonstrate the effect of lateral stress induced by an angularly rotating nanosensor on a membrane barrier by theoretical analysis. Furthermore, we show that by varying the nanosensor geometry, maximized local stress fields at the nanoparticle-membrane interface enhanced the optical penetration process by four-fold. Owing to the high efficiency and stability, we anticipate that precise optical penetration of nanosensors to specific intracellular locations will be beneficial for biological and therapeutic applications.
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- Ancheng Da
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biointerfaces Institute, Applied Physics, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biointerfaces Institute, Applied Physics, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biointerfaces Institute, Applied Physics, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biointerfaces Institute, Applied Physics, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biointerfaces Institute, Applied Physics, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Li F, Li Y, Novoselov KS, Liang F, Meng J, Ho SH, Zhao T, Zhou H, Ahmad A, Zhu Y, Hu L, Ji D, Jia L, Liu R, Ramakrishna S, Zhang X. Bioresource Upgrade for Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Biomedicine. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:35. [PMID: 36629933 PMCID: PMC9833044 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-022-00993-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We conceptualize bioresource upgrade for sustainable energy, environment, and biomedicine with a focus on circular economy, sustainability, and carbon neutrality using high availability and low utilization biomass (HALUB). We acme energy-efficient technologies for sustainable energy and material recovery and applications. The technologies of thermochemical conversion (TC), biochemical conversion (BC), electrochemical conversion (EC), and photochemical conversion (PTC) are summarized for HALUB. Microalgal biomass could contribute to a biofuel HHV of 35.72 MJ Kg-1 and total benefit of 749 $/ton biomass via TC. Specific surface area of biochar reached 3000 m2 g-1 via pyrolytic carbonization of waste bean dregs. Lignocellulosic biomass can be effectively converted into bio-stimulants and biofertilizers via BC with a high conversion efficiency of more than 90%. Besides, lignocellulosic biomass can contribute to a current density of 672 mA m-2 via EC. Bioresource can be 100% selectively synthesized via electrocatalysis through EC and PTC. Machine learning, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle analysis are essential to various upgrading approaches of HALUB. Sustainable biomaterials, sustainable living materials and technologies for biomedical and multifunctional applications like nano-catalysis, microfluidic and micro/nanomotors beyond are also highlighted. New techniques and systems for the complete conversion and utilization of HALUB for new energy and materials are further discussed.
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- Fanghua Li
- Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119260, Singapore
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- The Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics of MOE at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics - Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad de Cordoba, Edificio Marie Curie (C-3), Ctra Nnal IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Cordoba, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119260, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119260, Singapore
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- John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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Qin H, Shi Y, Su Z, Wei G, Wang Z, Cheng X, Liu AQ, Genevet P, Song Q. Exploiting extraordinary topological optical forces at bound states in the continuum. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eade7556. [PMID: 36490329 PMCID: PMC9733917 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Polarization singularities and topological vortices in photonic crystal slabs centered at bound states in the continuum (BICs) can be attributed to zero amplitude of polarization vectors. We show that such topological features are also observed in optical forces within the vicinity of BIC, around which the force vectors wind in the momentum space. The topological force carries force topological charge and can be used for trapping and repelling nanoparticles. By tailoring asymmetry of the photonic crystal slab, topological force will contain spinning behavior and shifted force zeros, which can lead to three-dimensional asymmetric trapping. Several off-Γ BICs generate multiple force zeros with various force distribution patterns. Our findings introduce the concepts of topology to optical force around BICs and create opportunities to realize optical force vortices and enhanced reversible forces for manipulating nanoparticles and fluid flow.
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- Haoye Qin
- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Centre de Recherche sur l’Hétéro-Epitaxie et ses Applications, Rue Bernard Gregory, Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne 06560, France
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Shi Y, Zhu T, Liu J, Tsai DP, Zhang H, Wang S, Chan CT, Wu PC, Zayats AV, Nori F, Liu AQ. Stable optical lateral forces from inhomogeneities of the spin angular momentum. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabn2291. [PMID: 36449614 PMCID: PMC9710880 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn2291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Transverse spin momentum related to the spin angular momentum (SAM) of light has been theoretically studied recently and predicted to generate an intriguing optical lateral force (OLF). Despite extensive studies, there is no direct experimental evidence of a stable OLF resulting from the dominant SAM rather than the ubiquitous spin-orbit interaction in a single light beam. Here, we theoretically unveil the nontrivial physics of SAM-correlated OLF, showing that the SAM is a dominant factor for the OLF on a nonabsorbing particle, while an additional force from the canonical (orbital) momentum is exhibited on an absorbing particle due to the spin-orbit interaction. Experimental results demonstrate the bidirectional movement of 5-μm-diameter particles on both sides of the beam with opposite spin momenta. The amplitude and sign of this force strongly depend on the polarization. Our optofluidic platform advances the exploitation of exotic forces in systems with a dominant SAM, facilitating the exploration of fascinating light-matter interactions.
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- Yuzhi Shi
- Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Structured Materials, Shanghai 200092, China
- Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Digital Optics, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1040, USA
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Nan F, Li X, Zhang S, Ng J, Yan Z. Creating stable trapping force and switchable optical torque with tunable phase of light. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eadd6664. [PMID: 36399578 PMCID: PMC9674277 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add6664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Light-induced rotation of microscopic objects is of general interest as the objects may serve as micromotors. Such rotation can be driven by the angular momentum of light or recoil forces arising from special light-matter interactions. However, in the absence of intensity gradient, simultaneously controlling the position and switching the rotation direction is challenging. Here, we report stable optical trapping and switchable optical rotation of nanoparticle (NP)-assembled micromotors with programmed phase of light. We imprint customized phase gradients into a circularly polarized flat-top (i.e., no intensity gradient) laser beam to trap and assemble metal NPs into reconfigurable clusters. Modulating the phase gradients allows direction-switchable and magnitude-tunable optical torque in the same cluster under fixed laser wavelength and handedness. This work provides a valuable method to achieve reversible optical torque in micro/nanomotors, and new insights for optical trapping and manipulation using the phase gradient of a spatially extended light field.
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- Fan Nan
- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Qi T, Han F, Liu W, Yan Z. Stable Negative Optical Torque in Optically Bound Nanoparticle Dimers. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:8482-8486. [PMID: 36190775 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Negative optical torque is a counterintuitive optomechanical phenomenon that can emerge in light-assembled nanoparticle (NP) clusters (i.e., optical matter) under circular polarization. However, in experiments, stable negative torque was limited to optical matter with 3 or more NPs. Here, we show that by increasing the particle size, the sign of optical torque can be reversed in optical matter dimers, where stable negative torque arises in dimers of 300 nm diameter Au or 490 nm diameter polystyrene NPs. Our computational analysis reveals that the multipolar resonances in large NPs can enhance the forward scattering along the spin angular momentum (SAM) direction of light, creating a recoil negative torque due to momentum conservation. The observation of stable negative torque in dimers pushes the limit to the smallest optical matter, demonstrating the universal existence of negative torque in such a system. The underlying principle also provides new strategies for making light-driven nanomotors.
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- Tailei Qi
- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Liu J, Li Z, Ding Y, Chen A, Liang B, Yang J, Cheng JC, Christensen J. Twisting Linear to Orbital Angular Momentum in an Ultrasonic Motor. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2201575. [PMID: 35526115 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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An ultrasonic motor built with a contactless meta engine block (MEB) is designed and experimentally demonstrated for twisting the linear momentum of sound emanating from a Helmholtz resonator-based metasurface into orbital angular momentum (OAM). The MEB is capable of hosting highly efficient excitations of eigenmodes carrying desired OAM whose Bessel acoustic intensity patterns are enhanced by over ten times compared to the incident wave. Thanks to this efficiency, bidirectional ultrasonic OAM is capable of driving loads at speeds up to 1000 rpm at 4 W and remarkable sound radiation torque levels. Moreover, the possibility of using arbitrarily shaped MEBs is also demonstrated by engineering its physical boundary condition based on an analytically derived criterion to guarantee the high twisting efficiency of man-made OAM. The results show how noninvasive driving of an ultrasonic motor can be made possible through appropriately designed momentum twisting, which opens the door to a new class of integrated mechanical devices solely powered by sound.
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- Jingjing Liu
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Department of Physics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, ES-28916, Spain
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Wu X, Ehehalt R, Razinskas G, Feichtner T, Qin J, Hecht B. Light-driven microdrones. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 17:477-484. [PMID: 35449413 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01099-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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When photons interact with matter, forces and torques occur due to the transfer of linear and angular momentum, respectively. The resulting accelerations are small for macroscopic objects but become substantial for microscopic objects with small masses and moments of inertia, rendering photon recoil very attractive to propel micro- and nano-objects. However, until now, using light to control object motion in two or three dimensions in all three or six degrees of freedom has remained an unsolved challenge. Here we demonstrate light-driven microdrones (size roughly 2 μm and mass roughly 2 pg) in an aqueous environment that can be manoeuvred in two dimensions in all three independent degrees of freedom (two translational and one rotational) using two overlapping unfocused light fields of 830 and 980 nm wavelength. To actuate the microdrones independent of their orientation, we use up to four individually addressable chiral plasmonic nanoantennas acting as nanomotors that resonantly scatter the circular polarization components of the driving light into well-defined directions. The microdrones are manoeuvred by only adjusting the optical power for each motor (the power of each circular polarization component of each wavelength). The actuation concept is therefore similar to that of macroscopic multirotor drones. As a result, we demonstrate manual steering of the microdrones along complex paths. Since all degrees of freedom can be addressed independently and directly, feedback control loops may be used to counteract Brownian motion. We posit that the microdrones can find applications in transport and release of cargos, nanomanipulation, and local probing and sensing of nano and mesoscale objects.
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- Xiaofei Wu
- Nano-Optics and Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany.
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- Nano-Optics and Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Nano-Optics and Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Nano-Optics and Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Nano-Optics and Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Nano-Optics and Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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Li X, Ng J. Microdrones soar by recoiling light. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 17:438-439. [PMID: 35449412 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01094-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Xiao Li
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Egoshi T, Uemura N, Kizuka T. Solid state molybdenum carbide nanomotors driven via high temperature carbon-decomposition catalytic reactions. RSC Adv 2022; 12:13203-13208. [PMID: 35520127 PMCID: PMC9063943 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01846b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The motion of solid state nanomotors, i.e., molybdenum carbide nanoparticles, which were driven via carbon-decomposition catalytic reactions at ∼2900 K, was directly observed by in situ transmission electron microscopy. The nanomotors exhibited unidirectional linear motions inside the hollow space of multiwall carbon nanotubes, reciprocating motions around the nanotube endcaps, and rotational motions in the hollow spaces of carbon nanocapsules. The inner atomic wall-layers of carbon nanotubes and nanocapsules were consumed during the nanomotor motions. Time series of TEM images observed in the motion of a MoC nanomotor encapsulated in a carbon nanotube during in situ laser irradiation.![]()
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- Tomoya Egoshi
- Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba 1-1-1, Tennoudai Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8573 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba 1-1-1, Tennoudai Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8573 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba 1-1-1, Tennoudai Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8573 Japan
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Buch Z, Schmid S. Design considerations of gold nanoantenna dimers for plasmomechanical transduction. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:5294-5303. [PMID: 35209496 DOI: 10.1364/oe.450837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Internal optical forces emerging from plasmonic interactions in gold nanodisc, nanocube and nanobar dimers were studied by the finite element method. A direct correlation between the electric-field enhancement and optical forces was found by observing the largest magnitude of optical forces in nanocube dimers. Moreover, further amplification of optical forces was achieved by employing optical power of the excitation source. The strength of optical forces was observed to be governed by the magnitude of polarisation density on the nanoparticles, which can be varied by modifying the nanoparticle geometry and source wavelength. This study allows us to recognise that nanoparticle geometry along with the inter-dimer distance are the most prominent design considerations for optimising optical forces in plasmonic dimers. The findings facilitate the realisation of all-optical modulation in a plasmomechanical nanopillar system, which has promising applications in ultra-sensitive nanomechanical sensing and building reconfigurable metamaterials.
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Tang W, Lyu W, Lu J, Liu F, Wang J, Yan W, Qiu M. Micro-scale opto-thermo-mechanical actuation in the dry adhesive regime. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2021; 10:193. [PMID: 34552048 PMCID: PMC8458461 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-021-00622-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Realizing optical manipulation of microscopic objects is crucial in the research fields of life science, condensed matter physics, and physical chemistry. In non-liquid environments, this task is commonly regarded as difficult due to strong adhesive surface force (~µN) attached to solid interfaces that makes tiny optical driven force (~pN) insignificant. Here, by recognizing the microscopic interaction mechanism between friction force-the parallel component of surface force on a contact surface-and thermoelastic waves induced by pulsed optical absorption, we establish a general principle enabling the actuation of micro-objects on dry frictional surfaces based on the opto-thermo-mechanical effects. Theoretically, we predict that nanosecond pulsed optical absorption with mW-scale peak power is sufficient to tame µN-scale friction force. Experimentally, we demonstrate the two-dimensional spiral motion of gold plates on micro-fibers driven by nanosecond laser pulses, and reveal the rules of motion control. Our results pave the way for the future development of micro-scale actuators in non-liquid environments.
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- Weiwei Tang
- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China.
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China.
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Andrén D, Baranov DG, Jones S, Volpe G, Verre R, Käll M. Microscopic metavehicles powered and steered by embedded optical metasurfaces. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 16:970-974. [PMID: 34294910 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00941-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nanostructured dielectric metasurfaces offer unprecedented opportunities to manipulate light by imprinting an arbitrary phase gradient on an impinging wavefront1. This has resulted in the realization of a range of flat analogues to classical optical components, such as lenses, waveplates and axicons2-6. However, the change in linear and angular optical momentum7 associated with phase manipulation also results in previously unexploited forces and torques that act on the metasurface itself. Here we show that these optomechanical effects can be utilized to construct optical metavehicles-microscopic particles that can travel long distances under low-intensity plane-wave illumination while being steered by the polarization of the incident light. We demonstrate movement in complex patterns, self-correcting motion and an application as transport vehicles for microscopic cargoes, which include unicellular organisms. The abundance of possible optical metasurfaces attests to the prospect of developing a wide variety of metavehicles with specialized functional behaviours.
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- Daniel Andrén
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Center for Photonics and 2D Materials, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Physics Department, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Li ZY, Li SJ, Han BW, Huang GS, Guo ZX, Cao XY. Quad‐Band Transmissive Metasurface with Linear to Dual‐Circular Polarization Conversion Simultaneously. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.202100117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Zhuo Yue Li
- Information and Navigation College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an 710077 China
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- Information and Navigation College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an 710077 China
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China
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- Information and Navigation College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an 710077 China
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- Information and Navigation College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an 710077 China
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- Information and Navigation College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an 710077 China
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- Information and Navigation College Air Force Engineering University Xi'an 710077 China
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Liu Y, Zhang Z, Park Y, Lee SE. Ultraprecision Imaging and Manipulation of Plasmonic Nanostructures by Integrated Nanoscopic Correction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2007610. [PMID: 33856109 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Optical manipulation and imaging of nano-objects with nanometer precision is highly desirable for nanomaterial and biological studies due to inherent noninvasiveness. However, time constraints and current segregated experimental systems for nanoimaging and nanomanipulation limits real-time super-resolution imaging with spatially enhanced manipulation. Here, an integrated nanoscopic correction (iNC) method to enable multimodal nanomanipulation-nanoimaging is reported. The iNC consists of a multimodal voltage-tunable power modulator, polarization rotator, and polarizer. Using the iNC, plasmonic nano-objects which are below the diffraction limit and which can be distinguished by direct observation without post processing are demonstrated. Furthermore, such direct observations with enhanced nanometer spatial stability and millisecond high speed are shown. Precise trapping and rapid rotation of gold nanorods with the iNC are demonstrated successfully. With non-invasive post-processing free nanoimaging and nanomanipulation, it is anticipated that the iNC will make contributions in the nanomaterial and biological sciences requiring precision optics.
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- Yunbo Liu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biointerfaces Institute, Applied Physics, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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Ren Y, Chen Q, He M, Zhang X, Qi H, Yan Y. Plasmonic Optical Tweezers for Particle Manipulation: Principles, Methods, and Applications. ACS NANO 2021; 15:6105-6128. [PMID: 33834771 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c00466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Inspired by the idea of combining conventional optical tweezers with plasmonic nanostructures, a technique named plasmonic optical tweezers (POT) has been widely explored from fundamental principles to applications. With the ability to break the diffraction barrier and enhance the localized electromagnetic field, POT techniques are especially effective for high spatial-resolution manipulation of nanoscale or even subnanoscale objects, from small bioparticles to atoms. In addition, POT can be easily integrated with other techniques such as lab-on-chip devices, which results in a very promising alternative technique for high-throughput single-bioparticle sensing or imaging. Despite its label-free, high-precision, and high-spatial-resolution nature, it also suffers from some limitations. One of the main obstacles is that the plasmonic nanostructures are located over the surfaces of a substrate, which makes the manipulation of bioparticles turn from a three-dimensional problem to a nearly two-dimensional problem. Meanwhile, the operation zone is limited to a predefined area. Therefore, the target objects must be delivered to the operation zone near the plasmonic structures. This review summarizes the state-of-the-art target delivery methods for the POT-based particle manipulating technique, along with its applications in single-bioparticle analysis/imaging, high-throughput bioparticle purifying, and single-atom manipulation. Future developmental perspectives of POT techniques are also discussed.
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- Yatao Ren
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Research Centre for Fluids and Thermal Engineering, University of Nottingham, Ningbo 315100, P.R. China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Research Centre for Fluids and Thermal Engineering, University of Nottingham, Ningbo 315100, P.R. China
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