Optical Tweezers in Sensing Technologies
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2026) | Viewed by 1392
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical tweezers are a laser-based technique that uses light to trap and manipulate micro/nano-objects. Optical tweezers are developed as advanced tools for super-highly precise sensing, which can be used for the measurement of forces with subfemtonewton sensitivity, displacements with subnanometer sensitivity, and masses with attogram sensitivity, therefore enabling its wide applications in single molecules sensing, gravitational waves detection, and quantum behavior investigation of macroscopic mechanics. Miniaturized optical tweezers, including fiber optical tweezers, on-chip integrated tweezers, and metasurface tweezers, have been developed. These new types of optical tweezers are portable, autonomous, integrable, and able to interface with other existing technologies, including microfluidics and ion traps in a quantum chip, and show more advantages in sensing.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the most recent research regarding optical tweezers in sensing technology. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Optical tweezers;
- Plasmonic tweezers;
- Metalens tweezers;
- On-chip actuation and sensing;
- Microfluidics;
- Single molecules detection;
- Ultrasensitive sensing;
- Quantum sensing.
Dr. Jinsheng Lu
Guest Editor
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