3 papers
physics.optics2025
Rotational Jamming of Plasmonic Optical Matter Driven by Chiral Light
Ashutosh Shukla, Sneha Boby, Rahul Chand +1
Plasmonic Optical matter (OM), composed of optically bound metallic particles, can be rotated by transferring the spin angular momentum (SAM) of chiral light to the assembly. Rotat…
cond-mat.soft2024
Optothermally Induced Active and Chiral Motion of the Colloidal Structures
Rahul Chand, Ashutosh Shukla, Sneha Boby +1
Artificial soft matter systems have appeared as important tools to harness mechanical motion for microscale manipulation. Typically, this motion is driven either by the external fi…
physics.optics2024
Synchronized motion of gold nanoparticles in an optothermal trap
Ashutosh Shukla, Rahul Chand, Sneha Boby +1
Optical tweezers have revolutionized particle manipulation at the micro- and nanoscale, playing a critical role in fields such as plasmonics, biophysics, and nanotechnology. While…