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Electromagnetic Forces and Torques: From Dielectrophoresis to Optical Tweezers

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Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical process: the interaction of an oscillating electric field with… Click to show full abstract

Electromagnetic forces and torques enable many key technologies, including optical tweezers or dielectrophoresis. Interestingly, both techniques rely on the same physical process: the interaction of an oscillating electric field with a particle of matter. This work provides a unified framework to understand this interaction both when considering fields oscillating at low frequencies—dielectrophoresis—and high frequencies—optical tweezers. We draw useful parallels between these two techniques, discuss the different and often unstated assumptions they are based upon, and illustrate key applications in the fields of physical and analytical chemistry, biosensing, and colloidal science.

Keywords: dielectrophoresis optical; optical tweezers; chemistry; torques dielectrophoresis; electromagnetic forces; forces torques

Journal Title: Chemical Reviews
Year Published: 2023

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