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  • Physics, Nanotechnology, Biophysics

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  • Brownian motion is a fundamental physical process affecting nanoscale objects.
  • Controlling nanoscale motion is crucial for applications in molecular manipulation and sensing.
  • Existing trapping methods often lack precise control over individual molecules.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a new single molecule trapping concept.
  • To utilize temperature gradients to control Brownian motion.
  • To develop a scalable method for trapping and manipulating single molecules.

Main Methods:

  • Employing plasmonic nanostructures to create localized, dynamic temperature fields.
  • Inducing thermodiffusive drifts by spatially and temporally varying temperature.
  • Utilizing feedback-controlled switching of local temperature fields for confinement.

Main Results:

  • Successfully trapped single nano-objects, including a DNA molecule, for minutes.
  • Demonstrated the ability to tailor complex effective trapping potentials.
  • Achieved control over a well-defined number of single molecules.

Conclusions:

  • The developed thermophoretic microbeaker offers a novel approach to single molecule manipulation.
  • The method is scalable to large arrays of trapping structures.
  • This technique provides precise control over nanoscale motion by modulating temperature.