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17170 J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 17170–17175 Optical Force on Dielectric Nanorods Coupled to a High-Q Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Y. C. Jian,*,† J. J. Xiao,*,‡ and J. P. Huang*,§ Department of Physics and Surface Physics Laboratory (National Key Laboratory), Fudan UniVersity, Shanghai 200433, China, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics and Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke UniVersity Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27708, Department of Physics and William Mong Institute of NanoScience and Technology, The Hong Kong UniVersity of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China, and Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China Recei Ved: April 20, 2009; ReVised Manuscript ReceiVed: August 10, 2009 It is of particular importance to bridge nanophotonics and nanomechanics by utilizing near-field-induced gradient forces to manipulate dielectric objects. On the basis of the finite-difference time-domain method, we theoretically study nanocavity-resonator-induced optical forces on different dielectric nanorods. The optical g system consists of a nanorod which is optically coupled to a photonic crystal slab with a predesigned L3 r 4 3 o s. nanocavity that has a resonant mode of high-qual