Optical manipulation of nanoparticles: A review

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dienerowitz, Maria ^a   Mazilu, Michael ^a   Dholakia, Kishan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Optical Lorentz force; Optical trapping and manipulation; Optical tweezers; Particle plasmons; Rayleigh and Mie scattering

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PLASMONS;

OPTICAL LORENTZ FORCE; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; OPTICAL TRAPPING AND MANIPULATION; PARTICLE PLASMONS; PLASMON RESONANCES; RAYLEIGH AND MIE SCATTERING; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRAPPED NANOPARTICLES; NANO-PARTICLE TRAPPING;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 53749099635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2992045     Document Type: Review

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