Optical Forces in Silicon Nanophotonics and Optomechanical Systems: Science and Applications

Light-particle interaction for biological applications. (a) The nanowaveguide array for shape-selective sieving of bacteria. S. aureus was trapped in the nanowaveguide array, but E. coli flowed through the array, reprinted with permission from ref. [70]. (b) Rapping of single influenza virus on the photonic crystal nanowaveguide and binding of antibody, reprinted with permission from ref. [23].