Inspired by the idea of combining conventional optical tweezers with plasmonic nanostructures, a technique named (POT) has been widely explored from fundamental principles to applications. With ability break diffraction barrier and enhance localized electromagnetic field, POT techniques are especially effective for high spatial-resolution manipulation nanoscale or even subnanoscale objects, sma...

Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is the movement of a particle in a non-uniform electric field due to the interaction of the particle's dipole and spatial gradient of the electric field. DEP is a subtle solution to manipulate particles and cells at microscale due to its favorable scaling for the reduced size of the system. DEP has been utilized for many applications in microfluidic systems. In this revi...