Preface ........................................................ xi
Acknowledgments ................................................ xv
Editors ...................................................... xvii
Contributors .................................................. xix
PART I Introduction to Optical Actuation
Chapter 1 Light-Driven and Optically Actuated Technologies ..... 3
George K. Knopf
Chapter 2 Nature of Light ..................................... 47
Suwas K. Nikumb and M. Chandra Sekhar
PART II Photoresponsive Materials
Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Molecular Photoactuation ............ 83
Timothy J. Kucharski and Roman Boulatov
Chapter 4 Photo-Mechanical Azo Polymers for Light-Powered
Actuation and Artificial Muscles ................... 107
Zahid Mahimwalla, Kevin G. Yager, Jun-ichi
Mamiya, Atsushi Shishido, and Christopher
J. Barrett
Chapter 5 Photostrictive Microactuators ...................... 153
Kenji Uchino
Chapter 6 Science and Applications of Photomechanical
Actuation of Carbon Nanostructures ................. 177
Balaji Panchapakesan
Chapter 7 Light-Induced Phase Transition of Gels for Smart
Functional Elements ................................ 237
Atsushi Suzuki
PART III Harnessing Light and Optical Forces
Chapter 8 Optical and Optoelectronic Tweezers ................ 257
Arash Jamshidi, Steven L. Neale, and Ming C. Wu
Chapter 9 Design of Optically Driven Microrotors ............. 277
Haiina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Theodor Asavei,
Alexander B. Stilgoe, Vincent L.Y. Loke, Robert
Vogel, Timo A. Nieminen, and Norman
R. Heckenberg
Chapter 10 Optically Driven Microfluidic Devices Produced
by Multiphoton Microfabrication .................... 307
Shoji Maruo
Chapter 11 On-Demand Holographic Optical Tweezers ............. 333
Johtaro Yamamoto and Toshiaki Iwai
PART IV Optically Driven Systems
Chapter 12 Photothermal Actuation ............................. 351
Yukitoshi Otani
Chapter 13 Light-Driven Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems ........ 375
George K. Knopf and Khaled Al-Aribe
Chapter 14 Optical NEMS and MEMS .............................. 405
Chengkuo Lee and Kah How Koh
Chapter 15 Integrated Optofluidics and Optomechanical
Devices Manufactured by Femtosecond Lasers ......... 471
Yves Bellouard, Ali A. Said, Mark Dugan, and
Philippe Bado
Chapter 16 Multiscale, Hierarchical Integration of Soft
Polymer Micro- and Nanostructures into Optical
MEMS ............................................... 491
Katsuo Kurabayashi, Nien-Tsu Huang, and Yi-Chung
Tung
PART V Applications of Optical Actuation
Chapter 17 Biophotonics and Its Applications in
Lab-on-a-Chip or BioMEMS Platforms ................. 521
Peipei Jia and Jun Yang
Chapter 18 Light-Driven Optical Scanner for Fiber-Optic
Endoscope .......................................... 535
Hiroshi Toshiyoshi
Chapter 19 Light Activated and Powered Shape Memory Alloy ..... 553
Hideki Okamura
Chapter 20 Optically Driven Microrobotics ..................... 569
Yukitoshi Otani
Chapter 21 Light Propulsion Systems for Spacecraft ............ 577
Bernd Dachwald
Chapter 22 Perspectives on Light-Driven Actuators ............. 599
George K. Knopf and Yukitoshi Otani
Index ......................................................... 607
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