Optical Nano and Micro Actuator Technology

Introduction to Optical Actuation
Light-Driven and Optically Actuated Technologies, George K. Knopf
Nature of Light, Suwas K. Nikumb and M. Chandra Sekhar

Photoresponsive Materials
Fundamentals of Molecular Photoactuation, Timothy J. Kucharski and Roman Boulatov
Photo-Mechanical Azo Polymers for Light-Powered Actuation and Artificial Muscles, Zahid Mahimwalla, Kevin G. Yager, Jun-ichi Mamiya, Atsushi Shishido, and Christopher J. Barrett
Photostrictive Microactuators, Kenji Uchino
Science and Applications of Photomechanical Actuation of Carbon Nanostructures, Balaji Panchapakesan
Light-Induced Phase Transition of Gels for Smart Functional Elements, Atsushi Suzuki

Harnessing Light and Optical Forces
Optical and Optoelectronic Tweezers, Arash Jamshidi, Steven L. Neale, and Ming C. Wu
Design of Optically Driven Microrotors, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Theodor Asavei, Alexander B. Stilgoe, Vincent L.Y. Loke, Robert Vogel, Timo A. Nieminen, and Norman R. Heckenberg
Optically Driven Microfluidic Devices Produced by Multiphoton Microfabrication, Shoji Maruo
On-Demand Holographic Optical Tweezers, Johtaro Yamamoto and Toshiaki Iwai

Optically Driven Systems
Photothermal Actuation, Yukitoshi Otani
Light-Driven Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems, George K. Knopf and Khaled Al-Aribe
Optical NEMS and MEMS, Chengkuo Lee and Kah How Koh
Integrated Optofluidics and Optomechanical Devices Manufactured by Femtosecond Lasers, Yves Bellouard, Ali A. Said, Mark Dugan, and Philippe Bado
Multiscale, Hierarchical Integration of Soft Polymer Micro- and Nanostructures into Optical MEMS, Katsuo Kurabayashi, Nien-Tsu Huang, and Yi-Chung Tung

Applications of Optical Actuation
Biophotonics and Its Applications in Lab-on-a-Chip or BioMEMS Platforms, Peipei Jia and Jun Yang
Light-Driven Optical Scanner for Fiber-Optic Endoscope, Hiroshi Toshiyoshi
Light-Activated and Powered Shape Memory Alloy, Hideki Okamura
Optically Driven Microrobotics, Yukitoshi Otani
Light Propulsion Systems for Spacecraft, Bernd Dachwald
Perspectives on Light-Driven Actuators, George K. Knopf and Yukitoshi Otani

Biography

George K. Knopf is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at the University of Western Ontario (Canada). His current research interests include intelligent systems for design, 3D shape reconstruction, laser microfabrication, biosensor design and manufacture, optical microactuation, and bioelectronic imaging arrays. He has contributed to the development of intelligent systems for engineering design including studies on the characterization of micro geometry flaws in product data exchange, efficient packing of 3D parts for layered manufacturing, and the adaptive reconstruction of complex freeform surfaces.

Yukitoshi Otani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan). His current research interests include optomechatronics, optical actuator and manipulator, varifocus lens, 3D profilometry by Moire topography and interferometry, scatterometry, birefringence mapping, polatization, and polarimetry. Dr. Otani has contributed to the development of novel measurement techniques in polarization engineering based on birefringence, Stokes parameters, and Mueller matrix.