Soft robots that can move like living organisms and adapt to their surroundings are currently
in the limelight from fundamental studies to technological applications, due to their advances …

Actuators that can convert environmental stimuli into mechanical work are widely used in
intelligent systems, robots, and micromechanics. To produce robust and sensitive actuators …

Optical tweezers employing forces produced by light underpin important manipulation tools
employed in numerous areas of applied and biological physics. Conventional optical …

Harnessing linear and angular momenta of light is one of the cornerstones in modern optics
and has found tremendous applications in optical circuits, particle manipulation, metrology …

The original Kerker effect was introduced for a hypothetical magnetic sphere, and initially it
did not attract much attention due to a lack of magnetic materials required. Rejuvenated by …

Over the past two decades, the development of plasmonic nanoparticle (NPs), especially
gold (Au) NPs, is being pursued more seriously in the medical fields such as imaging, drug …

Polymer adhesion is ubiquitous in both the natural world and human technology. It is also a
complex multiscale phenomenon, such that the solution of adhesion problems requires a …

Optical forces, generally arising from changes of field gradients or linear momentum carried
by photons, form the basis for optical trapping and manipulation. Advances in optical forces …

Optical tweezers are widely used in materials assembly, characterization, biomechanical
force sensing, and the in vivo manipulation of cells and organs. The trapping force has …

Structured light beams have rapidly advanced over the past few years, from specific spatial-
transverse/longitudinal structure to tailored spatiotemporal structure. Such beams with …