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SUBMITTER: Zhao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679370 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature nanotechnology 20170925 11
Circularly polarized light (CPL) exerts a force of different magnitude on left- and right-handed enantiomers, an effect that could be exploited for chiral resolution of chemical compounds as well as controlled assembly of chiral nanostructures. However, enantioselective optical forces are challenging to control and quantify because their magnitude is extremely small (sub-piconewton) and varies in space with sub-micrometre resolution. Here, we report a technique to both strengthen and visualize t ...[more]