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Photonics Insights, Volume. 2, Issue 2, C04(2023)

Breaking boundaries in optical manipulation: beyond Nobel-Prize-winning tweezers

Pavana Siddhartha Kollipara¹ and Yuebing Zheng^1,2、*

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¹Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

²Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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Received: --

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jun. 19, 2023

The Author Email: Yuebing Zheng (zheng@austin.utexas.edu)

DOI:10.3788/PI.2023.C04

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