Micrometre-sized colloidal particles can be viewed as large atoms with tailorable size,
shape and interactions. These building blocks can assemble into extremely rich structures …

Crystal phase, an intrinsic characteristic of crystalline materials, is one of the key parameters
to determine their physicochemical properties. Recently, great progress has been made in …

Acoustic tweezers use sound radiation forces to manipulate matter without contact. They
provide unique characteristics compared with the more established optical tweezers, such …

Recent progress in direct laser writing of three‐dimensional (3D) polymer nanostructures for
photonics is reviewed. This technology has reached a level of maturity at which it can be …

We use digital holographic microscopy and Mie scattering theory to simultaneously
characterize and track individual colloidal particles. Each holographic snapshot provides …

Optical trapping is the craft of manipulating objects with light. Decades after its first inception
in 1970, the technique has become a powerful tool for ultracold‐atom physics and …

This review focuses on the peculiarities of quasiperiodic order for the properties of photonic
and phononic (sonic) heterostructures. The most beneficial feature of quasiperiodicity is that …

Holographic optical tweezers use computer-generated holograms to create arbitrary three-
dimensional configurations of single-beam optical traps that are useful for capturing, moving …

Systems of spherical colloidal particles mimic the thermodynamics of atomic crystals. Control
of interparticle interactions in colloids, which has recently begun to be extensively exploited …

Monolayers on crystalline surfaces often form complex structures with physical and chemical
properties that differ strongly from those of their bulk phases. Such hetero-epitactic …