Optical nanomanipulation /

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"Version: 202203"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Nanomanipulation : why optical methods are best -- 1.1. Non-contact forces -- 1.2. Issues of scale2. Key properties of the radiation -- 2.1. Energy, linear momentum and angular momentum of light -- 2.2. Light inside a medium -- 2.3. Matter and its interaction with light3. Optically induced mechanical forces -- 3.1. Overview -- 3.2. Radiation forces -- 3.3. Gradient force4. Laser deflection, cooling and trapping of atoms -- 4.1. Atomic beam deflection -- 4.2. Doppler cooling -- 4.3. Bose-Einstein condensates5. Dielectric and metal nanoparticles : Rayleigh regime -- 5.1. Arthur Ashkin and optical tweezers -- 5.2. Optical trapping of nanoparticles -- 5.3. Separation of chiral molecules6. Larger nanoparticles : Lorenz-Mie regime and beyond -- 6.1. Mie scattering -- 6.2. Thermal effects in optical trapping -- 6.3. Optical levitation -- 6.4. Optical fractionation7. Biological applications of optical forces -- 7.1. Optical trapping of microbiological particles -- 7.2. Force measurements of individual biomolecules -- 7.3. Cell sorting8. Optical trapping arrays -- 8.1. Overview -- 8.2. Ultracold atoms : optical lattices and quantum information -- 8.3. Nanoparticles in suspension : techniques for optical lattice production9. Orbital angular momentum, optical vortices and torques -- 9.1. Orbital angular momentum -- 9.2. Optical vortices -- 9.3. Optical torque10. Structured light : particle steering and traction -- 10.1. Particle steering -- 10.2. Tractor beams -- 10.3. Surface plasmon optical vortex11. Optofluidics : lab-on-a-chip mixing and actuating flow -- 11.1. Overview -- 11.2. Optical manipulation in microfluidics12. Optical binding -- 12.1. The nature of optical binding -- 12.2. The dispersion force : a comparison -- 12.3. Theory of optical binding -- 12.4. Potential energy landscapes -- 13. Past, present and future.The extended and updated second edition of this book expands its broad survey of the wide-ranging field of optical nanomanipulation. It aims to establish and differentiate the physical principles of this phenomenon, while providing a snapshot portrait of many of the most prominent and up-to-date applications.Students and undergraduate-level lecturers.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.David L. Andrews is Professor of Chemical Physics at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK. His internationally renowned research group is known for developing the quantum theory of optical interactions, photonics, nonlinear optics and chiral interactions. David S. Bradshaw is an accomplished science writer and an Honorary Researcher at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK.Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 8, 2022).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9780750341912

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Second edition.

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Optical physics.
Nanostructured materials
Optics and photonics.

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David L. Andrews and David S. Bradshaw.

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