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    • Soft Matter Physics

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    • Optomechanical forces govern particle interactions.
    • Controlling particle assembly is crucial for various scientific and industrial applications.
    • Existing methods for particle manipulation often lack long-range control or scalability.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To experimentally demonstrate aerosol particle binding using white light.
    • To investigate the optomechanical interaction between particles of various sizes and shapes.
    • To establish a parametrically controlled testbed for studying transitions at new scales.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing white light for optical trapping and manipulation of aerosols.
    • Characterizing long-range, underdamped optomechanical interactions.
    • Employing incoherency to mitigate interference fringes for controlled particle distance adjustment.

    Main Results:

    • Successful binding of aerosols with diverse sizes and shapes demonstrated.
    • Long-range, underdamped optomechanical interactions confirmed.
    • Monotonically controlled particle distance from 60 μm to contact achieved.

    Conclusions:

    • White light enables novel aerosol binding and manipulation.
    • The developed method provides a scalable testbed for fundamental physics studies.
    • This technique opens new avenues for controlling matter at microscale.