Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted Applications

The rapid advancement of nanotweezers for wireless manipulation of artificial micro‐ and nanoparticles has unlocked unprecedented possibilities in biomedicine. This review delves into optical, electric, and magnetic tweezers, emphasizing their roles in controlling single particles with micro/nanosca...

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Main Authors: Kelly Shih, Niam Zaidi, Seung Ho Lee, Huaizhi Li, Donglei Emma Fan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley-VCH 2025-04-01
Series:Advanced NanoBiomed Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202400130
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description The rapid advancement of nanotweezers for wireless manipulation of artificial micro‐ and nanoparticles has unlocked unprecedented possibilities in biomedicine. This review delves into optical, electric, and magnetic tweezers, emphasizing their roles in controlling single particles with micro/nanoscale features as miniaturized tools. Instead of providing a comprehensive review, this work highlights a select number of representative historical and contemporary examples of each type of tweezer, covering their rudimental working mechanisms, experimental setups, performance characteristics, and niche biomedical applications. Particularly, the focus lies in providing a quantitative comparison of the performances in spatial precision and degrees of freedom in controlling single particles, along with associated challenges and prospects.
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spelling doaj-art-1db8ff2e6ba54fc89d6f40c7819bb94f2025-08-20T01:54:26ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced NanoBiomed Research2699-93072025-04-0154n/an/a10.1002/anbr.202400130Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted ApplicationsKelly Shih0Niam Zaidi1Seung Ho Lee2Huaizhi Li3Donglei Emma Fan4Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USAWalker Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USAMaterials Science and Engineering Program Texas Materials Institute University of Texas at Austin TX 78712 USAMaterials Science and Engineering Program Texas Materials Institute University of Texas at Austin TX 78712 USAWalker Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USAThe rapid advancement of nanotweezers for wireless manipulation of artificial micro‐ and nanoparticles has unlocked unprecedented possibilities in biomedicine. This review delves into optical, electric, and magnetic tweezers, emphasizing their roles in controlling single particles with micro/nanoscale features as miniaturized tools. Instead of providing a comprehensive review, this work highlights a select number of representative historical and contemporary examples of each type of tweezer, covering their rudimental working mechanisms, experimental setups, performance characteristics, and niche biomedical applications. Particularly, the focus lies in providing a quantitative comparison of the performances in spatial precision and degrees of freedom in controlling single particles, along with associated challenges and prospects.https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202400130degree of freedommanipulationnanotweezersprecisionuntethered
spellingShingle Kelly Shih
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Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted Applications
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title Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted Applications
title_full Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted Applications
title_fullStr Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted Applications
title_full_unstemmed Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted Applications
title_short Nanotweezers for Manipulating Untethered Micro/Nanoscale Bio‐Tools: Principles, Performance, and Highlighted Applications
title_sort nanotweezers for manipulating untethered micro nanoscale bio tools principles performance and highlighted applications
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