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Textbook

Optical Tweezers: Principles & Applications, P. H. Jones, O. M. Maragò & G. Volpe.  Cambridge University Press, 2015. www.opticaltweezers.org

Papers, Proceedings & Chapters

G. Jacucci, D. Breoni, S. Heijnen, J. Palomod, P. H. Jones, H. Löwen, G. Volpe & S. Gigan. 'Patchy landscapes promote stability of small groups', preprint http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.01620 (2023)

P. H. Jones, S. Bernatova & D. G. Kotsifaki, 'Biomedical Optics Express Feature Issue Introduction: Optical Manipulation and Its Applications (OMA) 2023', Biomedical Optics Express 15(2), 1192-1194 (2024)

R. Tognato, D. Bronte Ciriza, O. M. Marago & P. H. Jones, 'Modelling red blood cell optical trapping by machine learning improved geometrical optics calculations', Biomedical Optics Express 14(7) 3748-3762 (2023)

P. H. Jones, 'Isolation and trapping of particles in optical tweezers', in Isolation - Solitude, Secrets, Atoms... , D. C. Gershlick, J. Gibson and H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia (editors), Darwin College, Cambridge (2023)

L. Paterson & P. H. Jones, 'Cell Mechanics and Mechanotransduction', in Roadmap for Optical Tweezers, Journal of Physics: Photonics, (in press) https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/acb57b (2023)

R. Tognato & P. H. Jones, 'Ray optics model for optical trapping of biconcave red blood cells', Micromachines 14 83 (2023)

D. Bronte Ciriza, C. van Baalen, L. Isa, O. M. Marago, G. Volpe & P. H. Jones, 'Elongated active particles in speckle fields', Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science Technical Digest Series, paper JW4A.22 (2022)

H. Chen, H. Lin, P. H. Jones, Z. Chen, S. Luo & J. Pu, 'Influence of slow light effect on trapping force in optical tweezers', Optics Letters 47 710-713 (2022)

R. Tognato & P. H. Jones, 'Ray optics model for trapping of biconcave red blood cells in single- and dual-beam optical tweezers’, OpticsInfoBase Conference Papers ATu1D.4 (2021)

H. De Belly, A. Stubb, A. Yanagida, C. Labouesse, P. H. Jones, E. K. Paluch & K. J. Chalut.  'Membrane tension gates ERK-mediated regulation of pluripotent cell fate', Cell Stem Cell 28 1-12 (2021)

G. Pesce, P. H. Jones, O. M. Maragò & G. Volpe.  'Optical tweezers: theory and practice', European Physical Journal Plus (Focus Issue: Light Pressure Across All Scales) 135 949 (2020)

P. H. Jones.  'Pinzas Opticas', Revista Universitaria 4 22-23 (2020)

D. R. Burnham & P. H. Jones. 'Editorial for the Special Issue on Optical Trapping and Manipulation: from Fundamentals to Applications', Micromachines 11 417 (2020)

Zhirong Liu, Xun Wang, Kelin Huang, Anlian Yang & P. H. Jones.  'Strongly focused circularly polarized optical vortex regulated by a fractal conical lens', Applied Sciences 10 28 (2020)

R. Agrawal, B. Ang, J. Nobre-Cardoso, C. J. Richards, T. J. Smart, R. Bhatnagar, D. Shima, P. H. Jones & C. Pavesio. 'Non-occlusive retinal vascular inflammation and role of red blood cell deformability in birdshot chorioretinopathy', Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 6 978-986 (2019)

C. J. Richards, T. J. Smart, P. H. Jones & D. Cubero.  'A microscopic Kapitza pendulum', Scientific Reports 8 13107 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31392-8 (2018)

P. Polimeno, A. Magazzu, M. A. Iatì, F. Patti, R. Saija, C. D. E. Boschi, M. G. Donato, P. G. Gucciardi, P. H. Jones, G. Volpe & O. M. Maragò.  'Optical tweezers and their applications', Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 218 131-150 (2018)

M. G. Donato, E. Messina, A. Foti, T. Smart, P. H. Jones, M. A. Iatì, R. Saija, P. G. Gucciardi & O. M. Maragò.  'Optical trapping and optical force positioning of two dimensional materials', Nanoscale 10 1245-1255 (2018)

T. J. Smart, M. B. Unlu & P. H Jones.  'Microbubble trapping in inverted optical tweezers', Proc SPIE 10347, Optical Trapping & Optical Manipulation XIV, 1034731, doi: 10.1117/12.2274033 (2017)

Zhirong Liu, Kelin Huang, Xun Wang & P. H. Jones.  'Tight focusing of radially polarized beams modulated by a fractal conical lens', Optics Communications 402 231-237 (2017)

S. H. Simpson, P. Zemánek, O. M. Maragò, P. H. Jones & S. Hanna.  'Optical binding of nanowires', Nano Letters 17 3485-3492 (2017)

G. Memoli, C. R. Fury, P. N. Gélat, K. O. Baxter & P. H. Jones.  'Acoustic force measurements on polymer-coated microbubbles in a microfluidic device', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141 3364-3378 (2017)

P. H. Jones, T. J. Smart, C. J Richards & R. Agrawal.  'Stretching red blood cells with optical tweezers', in Optics in the Life Sciences, OSA Technical Digest, paper OtM4E.6 (invited contribution) doi:10.1364/OTA.2017.OtM4E.6 (2017)

Zhirong Liu & P. H Jones.  'Fractal conical lens optical tweezers', IEEE Photonics Journal 9 6500111 (2017)

G. Memoli, K. O. Baxter, C. R. Fury, P. H. Jones & B. Zaqiri.  'Dynamic measurement of microbubble compressibility and interactions in an acoustofluidic device', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140 3150 (2016)

Zhirong Liu & P. H Jones 'Radiation forces acting upon a Rayleigh particle by highly focused alternate radially- and azimuthally-polarized beams modulated by a Devil's Lens', Journal of the Optical Society of America A 33 2501-2508 (2016)

Xiang Han, Hui Luo, Guangzong Xiao & P. H. Jones.  'Optically bound colloidal lattices in evanescent optical fields', Optics Letters 41 4935-4938 (2016)

P. H. Jones, T. J. Smart, C. J. Richards & D. Cubero.  'Optical Kapitza Pendulum', Proc SPIE 9922, Optical Trapping & Optical Manipulation XIII (invited contribution), 992202, doi:10.1117/12.2239604 (2016)

A. Irrera, A. Magazzù, P. Artoni, S. H. Simpson, S. Hanna, P. H. Jones, F. Priolo, P. G. Gucciardi, and O. M. Maragò.  'Photonic torque microscopy of the non-conservative force field for optically trapped silicon nanowires', Nano Letters 16, 4181-4188 (2016)

R. Agrawal, T. J. Smart, J. Nobre-Cardoso, C. J. Richards, R. Bhatnagar, A. Tufail, D. Shima, P. H. Jones & C. Pavesio.  'Assessment of red blood cell deformability in type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy by dual optical tweezers stretching technique', Scientific Reports 6 15873, doi:10.1038/srep15873 (2016)

C. J. Harfield, C. R. Fury, G. Memoli, P. H. Jones, N. Ovenden & E. P. J. Stride.  'Analysis of the uncertainty in microbubble characterisation', Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 42 1412-1418 (2016)

R. Agrawal, J. Sherwood, J. Chhablani, A. Ricchariya, S. Kim, P. H. Jones, S. Balabani & D. Shima. 'Red blood cells in retinal vascular disorders', Blood Cells, Molecules and Diseases 56 53-61 (2016)

T. J. Smart, C. J. Richards, R. Bhatnagar, C. Pavesio, R. Agrawal & P. H. Jones.  'A study of red blood cell deformability in diabetic retinopathy using optical tweezers', Proc SPIE 9548, Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII, 945820, doi 10.1117/12.2191281 (2015)

T. J. Smart, C. J. Richards, Xiang Han, S. Siwiak-Jaszek & P. H. Jones.  'Correlated fluctuations of optically trapped particles',  Proc SPIE 9548, Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII, 945823, doi 10.1117/12.2190820 (2015)

C. J. Richards, T. J. Smart, P. H. Jones & D. Cubero.  'Low frequency dynamical stabilisation in optical tweezers', Proc SPIE 9548, Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII, 945825, doi 10.1117/12.2190822 (2015)

Xiang Han & P. H. Jones.  'Evanescent wave optical binding forces on spherical microparticles', Optics Letters 40 4042-4045 (2015)

S. H. Simpson, P. H. Jones, O. M. Maragò & S. Hanna.  'Optical binding and synchronisation in arrays of non-spherical particles', in Optics in the Life Sciences, OSA Technical Digest, paper OtM2E.7 doi:10.1364/OTA.2015.OtM2E.7 (2015)

Ruili Zhang, Ziyang Chen, Jixiong Pu & P. H. Jones.  'Radiation forces on a Rayleigh particle by highly focused radially polarized beams modulated by Devil's Vortex Lens', Journal of the Optical Society of America A 32 797-802 (2015)

G. Pesce, G. Volpe, O. M. Maragò, P. H. Jones, S. Gigan, A. Sasso & G. Volpe.  'A step-by-step guide to the realisation of advanced optical tweezers', Journal of the Optical Society of America B 32 B84-B98 (2015)

Jixiong Pu & P. H. Jones.  'Devil's lens optical tweezers', Optics Express 23 8190-8199 (2015)

A. A. R. Neves, P. H. Jones, Le Luo & O. M. Maragò.  'Focus Issue Introduction: Optical Cooling and Trapping', Optics Express 23 9917-9923 (2015) & Journal of the Optical Society of America B 32, OCT1-OCT5 (2015)

P. H. Jones, C. J. Richards, T. J. Smart & D. Cubero.  'Dynamical stabilisation in optical tweezers', Proc SPIE 9379, Complex Light & Optical Forces IX, 93790L, doi: 10.1117/12.2078961 (2015)

C. R. Fury, P. H. Jones & G. Memoli.  'Multi-scale manipulation of microbubbles employing simultaneous optical and acoustical trapping', Proc SPIE 9164, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, 91642Z, doi: 10.1117/12.2061622 (2014)

C. R. Fury, C. J Harfield, P. H. Jones, E. P. J. Stride & G. Memoli.  'Experimental characterisation of holographic optical traps for microbubbles', Proc SPIE 9126 Nanophotonics V, 91263L doi:10.1117/12.2055889 (2014)

C. R. Fury, P. N. Gélat, P. H Jones & G. Memoli.  'Laser vibrometry characterisation of a microfluidic lab-on-a-chip device: a preliminary investigation', Journal of Physics: Conference Series 498 012002 (2014)

O. M. Maragò, P. H. Jones, P. G. Gucciardi, G. Volpe & A. C. Ferrari.  'Optical trapping and manipulation of nanostructures', Nature Nanotechnology 8 807-819 (2013)

S. H. Simpson, P. H. Jones, O. M. Maragò, S. Hanna & M. J. Miles. 'Optical binding of nanowires in counter-propagating beams’, Proc SPIE 8810 Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X, 881026, doi: 10.1117/12.2024466 (2013)

P. H. Jones.  'Optical tweezers', in Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, R. G. Driggers & A. W. Hoffman (Eds), Taylor & Francis, New York (2013)

C. J. Harfield, N. C. Ovenden, G. Memoli, P. H. Jones & E. P. J. Stride.  'Theoretical characterisation of the radial and translational motion of coated microbubbles under acoustic excitation', Journal of Physics: Conference Series 457 012001 (2013)

C. J. Harfield, G. Memoli, P. H. Jones, N. C. Ovenden & E. P. J. Stride.  'Investigating the sensitivity of microbubble acoustic response for biosensing applications', Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 19 075043 (2013)

S. E. Skelton, M. Sergides, R. Saija, M. A. Iatì, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones.  'Trapping volume control in optical tweezers using cylindrical vector beams', Optics Letters 38 28-30 (2013)

S. E. Skelton, M. Sergides, M. G. Donato, S. Vasi, R. Sayed, P. G. Gucciardi, R. Saija, M. A. Iatì, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones.  'Shaping the trapping volume in optical tweezers using cylindrical vector beams', Proc. SPIE 8458, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, 84582Z, doi: 10.1117/12.929927 (2012)

S. E. Skelton, M. Sergides, G. Memoli, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones.  'Optical squeezing of microbubbles: Ray optics and Mie scattering calculations', Proc. SPIE 8458, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, 84581F, doi: 10.1117/12.929900 (2012)

M. Sergides, S. E. Skelton, E. Karczewska, K. Thorneycroft, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones.  'Optically bound particle structures in evanescent wave traps', Proc. SPIE 8458, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, 84583C, doi: 10.1117/12.929612 (2012)

M. G. Donato, S. Vasi, R. Sayed, P. H. Jones, F. Bonaccorso, A. C. Ferrari, P. G. Gucciardi & O. M. Maragò.  'Optical trapping of carbon nanotubes with cylindrical vector beams', Optics Letters 37 3381-3383 (2012)

S. E. Skelton, M. Sergides, G. Memoli, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones. 'Trapping and deformation of microbubbles in a dual-beam fibre-optic trap', Journal of Optics 14 075706 (2012)

S. E. Skelton, M. Sergides, R. Patel, E. Karczewska, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones. 'Evanescent wave optical trapping and transport of micro- and nanoparticles on tapered optical fibers', Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 113 2512-2520 (2012)

M. G. Donato, M. A. Monaca, G. Faggio, L. De Stefano, P. H. Jones, P. G. Gucciardi & O. M. Maragò.  'Optical trapping of porous silicon nanoparticles', Nanotechnology 22 505704 (2011)

S. E. Skelton, M. Sergides, R. Patel, E. Karczewska, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones. 'Optical trapping and optical binding using cylindrical vector beams', Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti 89 doi: 10.1478/C1V89S1P004 (2011)

S. Vasi, M. A. Monaca, M. G. Donato, F. Bonaccorso, G. Privitera, O. Trushkevych, G. Calogero, B. Fazio, A. Irrera, M. A. Iatì, R. Saija, P. Denti, F. Borghese, P. H. Jones, A. C. Ferrari, P. G. Gucciardi & O. M. Maragò. 'Optical trapping of carbon nanotubes and graphene', Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti 89 doi: 10.1478/C1V89S1P090 (2011)

A. Ridolfo, R. Saija, S. Savasta, P. H. Jones, M. A. Iatì & O. M. Maragò. 'Fano-Doppler laser cooling of hybrid nanostructures', ACS Nano 5 7354-7361 (2011)

O. M. Maragò, F. Bonaccorso, R. Saija, G. Privitera, P. G. Gucciardi, M. A. Iatì, G. Calogero, P. H. Jones, F. Borghese, P. Denti, V. Nicolosi & A. C. Ferrari. 'Brownian motion of graphene', ACS Nano 4 7515-7523 (2010)

S. E. Skelton & P. H. Jones.  'Light Forces', UCL Science 24 2 (2010)

O. M. Maragò, R. Saija, F. Borghese, P. Denti, P. H. Jones, E. Messina, G. Compagnini, V. Amendola, M. Meneghetti, M. A. Iatì, & P. G. Gucciardi.  'Plasmon-enhanced optical trapping of metal nanoparticles: force calculations and light-driven rotations of nanoaggregates', Proc. SPIE Vol. 7762, 77622Z (2010)

O. M. Maragò, P. G. Gucciardi and P. H. Jones.  'Photonic Force Microscopy: from femtonewton force sensing to ultra-sensitive spectroscopy', in Scanning Probe Microscopy in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 1 (Springer) B. Bushan (Ed.) (2010)

P. H. Jones.  'Pushing, pulling, twisting, stretching:  The power of light under the microscope', Opticon1826 7 (2009)

P. H. Jones, F. Palmisano, F. Bonaccorso, P. G. Gucciardi, G. Calogero, A. C. Ferrari & O. M. Maragò .  'Rotation detection in light-driven nanorotors',  ACS Nano 3 3077-3084 (2009)

P. H. Jones, M. Rashid, M. Makita & O. M. Maragò.  'Sagnac interferometer method for synthesis of fractional polarization vortices', Optics Letters 34 2560 (2009)

M. Rashid, O. M. Maragò & P. H. Jones.  'Focusing of high-order cylindrical vector beams', Journal of Optics A: Pure & Applied Optics 11 065204 (2009)

O. M. Maragò, P. H. Jones & A. C. Ferrari. 'A light touch on nanotubes: femtonewton force sensing and nanometric spatial resolution', SPIE newsroom, doi 10.1117/2.1200901.1475 (2009)

O. M. Maragò, P. H. Jones, F. Bonaccorso, V. Scardaci, P. G. Gucciardi, A. Rozhin & A. C. Ferrari'Femtonewton Force Sensing with Optically Trapped Nanotubes', Nano Letters 8 3211-3216 (2008)

O. M. Maragò, P. G. Gucciardi, F. Bonaccorso, G. Calogero, V. Scardaci, A. Rozhin, A. C. Ferrari, P. H. Jones, R. Saija, F. Borghese, P. Denti & M. A. Iatì.  'Optical trapping of carbon nanotubes', Physica E 40 2347-2351 (2008)

P. H. Jones, O. M. Maragò & E. P. J. Stride. 'Parametrization of trapping forces on microbubbles in scanning optical tweezers', Journal of Optics A: Pure & Applied Optics 9 S278-283 (2007)

P. H. Jones, E. Stride & N. Saffari, 'Trapping and manipulation of microscopic bubbles with a scanning optical tweezer', Applied Physics Letters 89 081113 (2006)

P. H. Jones, M. Goonasekera, D. R. Meacher, T. Jonckheere & T. S. Monteiro. Directed motion for delta-kicked atoms with broken symmetries: comparison between theory and experiment', Physical Review Letters 98 073002 (2007)

G. Hur, C. E. Creffield, P. H. Jones & T. S. Monteiro. Chaotic quantum ratchets and filters with cold atoms in optical lattices: Analysis using Floquet states, Physical Review A 72 013403 (2005)

P. H. Jones, M. Stocklin, G. Hur & T. S. Monteiro. 'Atoms in double-delta-kicked periodic potentials: chaos with long range correlations', Physical Review Letters 93 223002 (2004)

P. H. Jones, M. Goonasekera, H. E. Saunders-Singer & D. R. Meacher.Shifting the boundaries: pulse-shape effects in the atom-optics kicked rotor', Europhysics Letters 67 928 (2004)

R. Gommers, P. Douglas, S. Bergamini, M. Goonasekera, P. H. Jones & F. Renzoni. Resonant activation in a nonadiabatically driven optical lattice', Physical Review Letters 94 143001 (2005)

P. H. Jones, M. Goonasekera & F. Renzoni. Rectifying fluctuations in an optical lattice', Physical Review Letters 93 073904 (2004)

P. H. Jones, H. E. Saunders-Singer, S. Bergamini & D. R. Meacher. A moving mirror frequency modulator for cold atom spectroscopy', Review of Scientific Instruments 73 2549 (2002)

O. Morsch, P. H. Jones & D. R. Meacher. 'Coherent transients in optical lattices', Physical Review A 61 023410 (2000)

PhD Theses

S. E. Skelton, 'Applications of cylindrical vector beams to optical micromanipulation', UCL PhD thesis (2013)

M. Sergides, 'Optical manipulation of micro- and nanoparticles using evanescent fields', UCL PhD thesis (2013)

C. R. Fury, 'Acousto-optical trapping and manipulation of microbubbles', UCL PhD thesis (2016)

C. J. Richards, 'Probing micro-dynamics with optical tweezers: Pendula, cell stretching, and thermodynamic fluctuations', UCL PhD thesis (2017)

T. J. Smart, 'A study of dynamics in microscopic systems using optical tweezers: dynamical stabilisation, cell stretching and thermal fluctuations', UCL PhD thesis (2018)

N. J. Tidy, 'The investigation of the properties of soft matter using optical traps', UCL PhD thesis (2019)

R. Tognato, 'Theoretical investigation of erythrocytes optical trapping in ray optics approximation', UCL PhD thesis (2022)

Contact Phil Jones for information on, or reprints of any of these papers

Microbubble acoustic & optical trapping project featered in NanoWerk

Microbubble acoustic & optical trapping project featered in Electro-Optics magazine

'Evanescent wave optical binding forces on spherical microparticles' paper included in Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics 10(9) (2016)

Optical Tweezers: Principles & Applications published by CUP, 03 Dec 15

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Optical Tweezers: Principles & Applications reviewed in OSA Optics & Photonics News: "destined to become a classic"

Optical Tweezers: Principles & Applications featured in Nature Photonics New titles at a glance.

Optical Tweezers: Principles & Applications reviewed in J Quant Spect Rad Transf: "...a must for all Ph.D. students, researchers, and engineers..." 

Joint Special Issue of Optics Express & JOSA B on Optical Cooling & Trapping (2015)

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'Optical trapping of carbon nanotubes with cylindrical vector beams' paper included in Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics 10 (2012)

UCL Optical Tweezers Group paper on optical squeezing of microbubbles included in IoPscience collection of featured articles, "chosen for their quality and recency".

'Brownian motion of graphene' paper featured in Graphene Times

UCL Optical Tweezers Group research has also been highlighted in 'Trapped nanotubes', Nature Photonics 2 645 (2008)

UCL Optical Tweezers Group's research on rotating trapped nanostructures has been highlighted in  'Optical tweezers: two in one', Nature Nanotechnology doi:10.1038/ nnano.2009.318

UCL Optical Tweezers Group's research on rotating trapped nanostructures has been featured in a  nanotechweb technology update, 'Light rotates nanorotors'

UCL Optical Tweezers Group's research on rotating trapped nanostructures has been featured in Topics in Particle and Dispersion Science (TPDSci)

UCL Optical Tweezers Group's research on trapped microbubbles has been featured in Topics in Particle and Dispersion Science (TPDSci)

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