By taking advantage of the thermal gradient that is generated in plasmonic systems and by using an a.c. field, plasmonic tweezers can have a large radius of action and can trap and manipulate single nano-objects.
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Tsuboi, Y. A long arm and a tight grip. Nature Nanotech 11, 5–6 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.253
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