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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 2, 021875 (10 September 2008) Optical manipulation of nanoparticles: a review Maria Dienerowitz, Michael Mazilu, and Kishan Dholakia SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY169SS, United Kingdom md60@st-andrews.ac.uk Abstract. Optical trapping is an established field for movement of micron-size objects and cells. However, trapping of metal nanoparticles, nanowires, nanorods and molecules has received lit- tle attention. Nanoparticles are more challenging to optically trap and they offer ample new phenomena to explore, for example the plasmon resonance. Resonance and size effects have an impact upon trapping forces that causes nanoparticle trapping to differ from micromanipulation of larger micron-sized objects. There are numerous theoretical approaches to calculate optical forces exerted on trapped nanoparticles. Their combination and comparison gives the reader deeper understanding of the physical processes in an optical trap. A close look into the key experiments to date demonstrates the feasibility of trapping and provides a grasp of the enor- mous possibilities that remain to be explored. When constructing a single-beam optical trap, particular emphasis has to be placed on the choice of imaging for the trapping and confinement of nanoparticles. Keywords: optical trapping and manipulation, optical tweezers, nanopartic