Light carries energy and momentum. It can therefore alter the motion of objects on the
atomic to astronomical scales. Being widely available, readily controllable, and broadly …

The ability to manipulate small particles of matter using the forces of light, optical trapping,
forms the basis of a number of exciting research areas, spanning fundamental physics …

Optical manipulation has emerged as a pivotal tool in soft matter research, offering superior
applicability, spatiotemporal precision, and manipulation capabilities compared to …

Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

One characteristic feature of soft matter systems is their strong response to external stimuli.
As a consequence they are comparatively easily driven out of their ground state and out of …

Active media are complex systems driven by both thermal fluctuations and additional energy
sources, and are encountered in a variety of phenomena including mobile bacteria,, protein …

Light carries energy and momentum, laying the physical foundation of optical manipulation
that has facilitated advances in myriad scientific disciplines, ranging from biochemistry and …

Optical components made fully or partially from reconfigurable, stimuli‐responsive, soft
solids or fluids—collectively referred to as soft photonics—are poised to form the platform for …

Optical manipulation has achieved great success in the fields of biology, micro/nano robotics
and physical sciences in the past few decades. To date, the optical manipulation is still …

We consider sedimented at a solid wall particles that are immersed in water containing small
additives of photosensitive ionic surfactants. It is shown that illumination with an appropriate …