Optical trapping and critical Casimir forces

Callegari, AgneseGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysik (GU),Department of Physics (GU) (författare)

Critical Casimir forces emerge between objects, such as colloidal particles, whenever their surfaces spatially confine the fluctuations of the order parameter of a critical liquid used as a solvent. These forces act at short but microscopically large distances between these objects, reaching often hundreds of nanometers. Keeping colloids at such distances is a major experimental challenge, which can be addressed by the means of optical tweezers. Here, we review how optical tweezers have been successfully used to quantitatively study critical Casimir forces acting on particles in suspensions. As we will see, the use of optical tweezers to experimentally study critical Casimir forces can play a crucial role in developing nano-technologies, representing an innovative way to realize self-assembled devices at the nano- and microscale.

Magazzu, AlessandroGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysik (GU),Department of Physics (GU)(Swepub:gu)xmagal (författare)
Gambassi, A. (författare)
Volpe, Giovanni,1979Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysik (GU),Department of Physics (GU)(Swepub:gu)xvolgi (författare)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för fysik (GU) (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:European Physical Journal Plus: Springer Science and Business Media LLC136:22190-5444

Av författaren/redakt...: Callegari, Agnes ...; Magazzu, Alessan ...; Gambassi, A.; Volpe, Giovanni, ...

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