Plasmonic Tweezers towards Biomolecular and Biomedical Applications
School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(17), 3596; https://doi.org/10.3390/app9173596
Received: 30 June 2019 / Revised: 21 August 2019 / Accepted: 29 August 2019 / Published: 2 September 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Trapping)
With the capability of confining light into subwavelength scale, plasmonic tweezers have been used to trap and manipulate nanoscale particles. It has huge potential to be utilized in biomolecular research and practical biomedical applications. In this short review, plasmonic tweezers based on nano-aperture designs are discussed. A few challenges should be overcome for these plasmonic tweezers to reach a similar level of significance as the conventional optical tweezers.
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Han, X.; Sun, C. Plasmonic Tweezers towards Biomolecular and Biomedical Applications. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 3596.
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Han X, Sun C. Plasmonic Tweezers towards Biomolecular and Biomedical Applications. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9(17):3596.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHan, Xue; Sun, Changsen. 2019. "Plasmonic Tweezers towards Biomolecular and Biomedical Applications" Appl. Sci. 9, no. 17: 3596.
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