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Optical trapping assembling of clusters and nanoparticles in solution by CW and femtosecond lasers

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Laser trapping of molecular systems in solution is classified into three cases: JUST TRAPPING, EXTENDED TRAPPING, and NUCLEATION and GROWTH. The nucleation in amino acid solutions depends on where the 1064-nm CW trapping laser is focused, and crystallization and liquid–liquid phase separation are induced by laser trapping at the solution/air surface and the solution/glass interface, respectively. Laser trapping crystallization is achieved even in unsaturated solution, on which unique controls of crystallization are made possible. Crystal size is arbitrarily controlled by tuning laser power for a plate-like anhydrous crystal of l-phenylalanine. The α- or γ-crystal polymorph of glycine is selectively prepared by changing laser power and polarization. Further efficient trapping of nanoparticles and their following ejection induced by femtosecond laser pulses are introduced as unique trapping phenomena and finally future perspective is presented.

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Acknowledgments

The present work is partly supported by the MOE-ATU Project (National Chiao Tung University) of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, to H.M., and the National Science Council of Taiwan to T.S. (NSC 102-2113-M-492-001-MY2) and to H.M. (MOST 103-2113-M-009-003).

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan

    Hiroshi Masuhara & Ken-ichi Yuyama

  2. Instrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan

    Teruki Sugiyama

  3. Solar and Photovoltaic Engineering Research Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Anwar Usman

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Masuhara, H., Sugiyama, T., Yuyama, Ki. et al. Optical trapping assembling of clusters and nanoparticles in solution by CW and femtosecond lasers. Opt Rev 22, 143–148 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-015-0029-1

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