Qiu Cheng-Wei, Zhou Lei-Ming
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583 Singapore.
Light Sci Appl. 2018 Nov 7;7:86. doi: 10.1038/s41377-018-0087-9. eCollection 2018.
Optical tweezers, crowned by Nobel Prize the first time in 1990s, have widely impacted the research landscape of atom cooling, particle manipulation/sorting, and biology. After more than two decades of steady development, it received the deserving recognition once again in 2018. Unprecedented advancements across various disciplines are believed to be spurred furthermore by this important tool of optical manipulation.
光镊在20世纪90年代首次荣获诺贝尔奖，对原子冷却、粒子操控/分选及生物学等研究领域产生了广泛影响。经过二十多年的稳步发展，它在2018年再次获得了应有的认可。人们相信，这种重要的光学操控工具将进一步推动各学科取得前所未有的进展。
