Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

All optical dynamic nanomanipulation with active colloidal tweezers

  • Souvik Ghosh,
  • Ambarish Ghosh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12217-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Current particle manipulation techniques using light are limited by optical effects, such as diffraction, or lack of dynamic capabilities. The authors report a strategy that combines conventional optical traps with plasmonic tweezers to gain maneuverability of the trapped particles while maintaining plasmonic trap efficiencies.