Recent achievements on photovoltaic optoelectronic tweezers based on lithium niobate
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UAM. Departamento de Física de MaterialesPublisher
MDPIDate
2018-02-01Citation
10.3390/cryst8020065
Crystals 8.2 (2018): 1-15
ISSN
2073-4352DOI
10.3390/cryst8020065Funded by
This work was supported by MINECO, project number MAT2014-57704-C3-1-R. Alfonso Blázquez-Castro acknowledges funding under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action COFUND 2015 (EU project 713366–InterTalentum)Project
Gobierno de España. MAT2014-57704-C3-1-R; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/679080/EU//InterTalentumEditor's Version
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8020065Subjects
Lithium niobate; Nanoparticle structures; Optical manipulation; Optical trapping; Optoelectronic tweezers; Photorefractive materials; FísicaRights
© 2018 By the authorsAbstract
This review presents an up-dated summary of the fundamentals and applications of optoelectronic photovoltaic tweezers for trapping and manipulation of nano-objects on the surface of lithium niobate crystals. It extends the contents of previous reviews to cover new topics and developments which have emerged in recent years and are marking the trends for future research. Regarding the theoretical description of photovoltaic tweezers, detailed simulations of the electrophoretic and dielectrophoretic forces acting on different crystal configurations are discussed in relation to the structure of the obtained trapping patterns. As for the experimental work, we will pay attention to the manipulation and patterning of micro-and nanoparticles that has experimented an outstanding progress and relevant applications have been reported. An additional focus is now laid on recent work about micro-droplets, which is a central topic in microfluidics and optofluidics. New developments in biology and biomedicine also constitute a relevant part of the review. Finally, some topics partially related with photovoltaic tweezers and a discussion on future prospects and challenges are included.
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Google Scholar:García Cabañes, Ángel
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Blázquez Castro, Alfonso
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Arizmendi López, Luís
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Agulló López, Fernando
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Carrascosa Rico, Mercedes
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