Optical Trapping Applications (OTA)

The Optical Trapping Applications topical meeting will encompass technologies related to the trapping and manipulation of micro and nanoscopic particles. The technology for micromanipulation continues apace and is increasingly being used for real applications, spanning biology, imaging and soft condensed matter and forms practical components in a wide range of emerging technologies, such as plasmonics and microfluidics. In addition optical trapping is now being proposed, and indeed being used , for probing the quantum limits of microscopic systems, and is being developed as a ultrasensitive test of aspects of Brownian motion and a means to measure extremely small forces. This conference aims to encompass all aspects of modern trapping techniques and their applications, and will extend beyond optical techniques to take in complementary technologies in the form of sonic and electrostatic trapping.