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Thermophoretic tweezers for single nanoparticle manipulation

We present the trapping and manipulation of a single nano-object in an aqueous medium by optically induced temporally varying temperature gradients. By real-time object tracking and control of the position of the heating laser focus, we can precisely employ thermophoretic drift to oppose the random...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Stergar, Jošt, Osterman, Natan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7404219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802715
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.11.97
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Sumario:We present the trapping and manipulation of a single nano-object in an aqueous medium by optically induced temporally varying temperature gradients. By real-time object tracking and control of the position of the heating laser focus, we can precisely employ thermophoretic drift to oppose the random diffusive motion. As a result, a nano-object is confined in a micrometer-sized trap. Numerical modeling gives a quantitative prediction of the effect. Traps can be dynamically created and relocated, which we demonstrate by the controlled independent manipulation of two nanoparticles.