A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest innovation ...

GA, UNITED STATES, March 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Optical trapping is a powerful tool for manipulating microscopic particles, but conventional approaches often ...

Researchers from the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute have demonstrated the first magneto-optical trap of a stable "closed-shell" molecule: aluminum monofluoride (AlF).

MIT researchers have harnessed integrated optical phased array (OPA) technology to develop a type of integrated optical tweezers, akin to a miniature, chip-based “tractor beam”—like the one that ...

Pushing experimental boundaries: Aluminum fluoride (AlF) is the first stable “closed shell” molecule ever prepared in a magneto-optical trap and cooled to millikelvin temperatures. The AlF molecular ...

Optical trapping is a powerful tool for manipulating microscopic particles, but conventional approaches often suffer from limited trapping range and poor stability when particles disturb the optical ...