Issue 9, 2014

Optical trapping and manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles: fundamentals, applications, and perspectives

Abstract

This feature article discusses the optical trapping and manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles, an area of current interest with potential applications in nanofabrication, sensing, analytics, biology and medicine. We give an overview over the basic theoretical concepts relating to optical forces, plasmon resonances and plasmonic heating. We discuss fundamental studies of plasmonic particles in optical traps and the temperature profiles around them. We place a particular emphasis on our own work employing optically trapped plasmonic nanoparticles towards nanofabrication, manipulation of biomimetic objects and sensing.

Graphical abstract: Optical trapping and manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles: fundamentals, applications, and perspectives

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
13 Dec 2013
Accepted
06 Mar 2014
First published
24 Mar 2014

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 4458-4474

Optical trapping and manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles: fundamentals, applications, and perspectives

A. S. Urban, S. Carretero-Palacios, A. A. Lutich, T. Lohmüller, J. Feldmann and F. Jäckel, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 4458 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06617G

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