Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Scope of the Review. Herein, we provide an up-to-date overview of the field of nanopore
sensing with emphases placed on the advances made in the most recent two years (2014 …

Single entity sensing is recently an area of tremendous interest in analytical chemistry, such
that it is possible to analyze single cells, single particles, and even single molecules. Among …

Rotary motors play key roles in energy transduction, from macroscale windmills to
nanoscale turbines such as ATP synthase in cells. Despite our abilities to construct engines …

Nanopores in solid-state membranes are promising for a wide range of applications
including DNA sequencing, ultra-dilute analyte detection, protein analysis, and polymer data …

Solid-state nanopore-based sensors are promising platforms for next-generation
sequencing technologies, featuring label-free single-molecule sensitivity, rapid detection …

Solid-state nanopores are now well established as single-biomolecule sensors that hold
great promise as sensing elements in diagnostic and sequencing applications. However …

Nanopores bear great potential as single-molecule tools for bioanalytical sensing and
sequencing, due to their exceptional sensing capabilities, high-throughput, and low cost …

Plasmonic and nanopore sensors have separately received much attention for achieving
single‐molecule precision. A plasmonic “hotspot” confines and enhances optical excitation …

Metallic nanogaps with metal–metal separations of less than 10 nm have many applications
in nanoscale photonics and electronics. However, their fabrication remains a considerable …