Light-driven three-dimensional rotational motion of dandelion-shaped microparticles

Hagay Shpaisman; David B. Ruffner; David G. Grier

doi:10.1063/1.4793401

Light-driven three-dimensional rotational motion of dandelion-shaped microparticles

Hagay Shpaisman, David B. Ruffner, David G. Grier

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Chemically synthesized colloidal particles featuring large-scale surface asperities can be trapped and manipulated in fluid media through holographic optical trapping. Light scattering by these particles' surface features provides a mechanism for holographic optical traps also to exert torques on them, thereby setting them in steady rotation about arbitrary axes in three dimensions. When pairs of rotating particles are brought close enough that their surface features mesh, they form microscopic gear trains. These micro-opto-mechanical systems can be arranged in any desired three-dimensional configuration.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	071103
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4793401
State	Published - Feb 18 2013

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