Microfluidic systems for particle capture and release: A review

L Gong, A Cretella, Y Lin - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
Microfluidic technology has emerged as a promising tool in various applications, including
biosensing, disease diagnosis, and environmental monitoring. One of the notable features of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent insights into aquatic viruses: Emerging and reemerging pathogens, molecular features, biological effects, and novel investigative approaches

QY Zhang, F Ke, L Gui, Z Zhao - Water Biology and Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquatic viruses are naturally present in the aquatic environment and the number of viruses
is staggering. Various multicellular organisms in aquatic ecosystems may be infected, cross …

Optical trapping of multiple particles based on a rotationally-symmetric power-exponent-phase vortex beam

Z Wu, J Zhao, J Dou, J Liu, Q Jing, B Li, Y Hu - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, the optical trapping of multiple particles based on a rotationally-symmetric
power-exponent-phase vortex beam (RSPEPVB) was introduced and demonstrated. Based …

Tunable autofocusing and enhanced trapping forces with circular pearcey airy beams

Y Liang, L Tan, N Liu, K Chen, H Liang, H Wu, B Luo… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We propose and demonstrate an autofocusing beam, named the circular Pearcey Airy beam
(CPAB). It is found that the CPAB exhibits a superior autofocusing property, leading to an …

Precise position and angular control of optical trapping and manipulation via a single vortex-pair beam

J Wen, B Gao, G Zhu, D Liu, LG Wang - Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Optical trapping and manipulation using structured laser beams now attract increasing
attention in many areas including biology, atomic science, and nanofabrication. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Sound-based assembly of three-dimensional cellularized and acellularized constructs

R Tognato, R Parolini, S Jahangir, J Ma, S Florczak… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein we show an accessible technique based on Faraday waves that assist the rapid
assembly of osteoinductive β-Tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) particles as well as human …

Efficient demulsification of cationic polyacrylate for oil-in-water emulsion: Synergistic effect of adsorption bridging and interfacial film breaking

S Yuan, Y Wang, X Wang, Y Wang, S Liu… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of reverse demulsifier is an urgent need for the increasing amount of
produced liquid in oilfield. Synthesis of reverse demulsifier containing multiple …

Nonlinearity-induced optical torque

I Toftul, G Fedorovich, D Kislov, K Frizyuk, K Koshelev… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Optically induced mechanical torque driving rotation of small objects requires the presence
of absorption or breaking cylindrical symmetry of a scatterer. A spherical nonabsorbing …

Nanoscale optical trapping by means of dielectric bowtie

G Brunetti, N Sasanelli, MN Armenise, C Ciminelli - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plasmonic and dielectric tweezers represent a common paradigm for an innovative and
efficient optical trapping at the micro/nanoscale. Plasmonic configurations provide …

Lightsheet optical tweezer (LOT) for optical manipulation of microscopic particles and live cells

PP Mondal, N Baro, A Singh, P Joshi, J Basumatary - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Optical trapping and patterning cells or microscopic particles is fascinating. We developed a
light sheet-based optical tweezer to trap dielectric particles and live HeLa cells. The …