2023
Light, Matter, Action: Shining light on active Matter
Marcel Rey, Giovanni Volpe & Giorgio Volpe
Submitted (2023)
Steering Self-Organisation through Confinement
Nuno Araújo et al.
Soft Matter 19, 1695-1704 (2023)
Roadmap for Optical Tweezers 2023
Giovanni Volpe et al.
Journal of Physics: Photonics (2023)
2022
Active Matter in Space
Giorgio Volpe, Clemens Bechinger, Frank Cichos, Ramin Golestanian, Hartmut Löwen, Matthias Sperl & Giovanni Volpe
npj Microgravity 8, 54 (2022)
The role of disorder in the motion of chiral swimmers in the presence of obstacles
Danne van Roon, Giorgio Volpe, Margarida Telo da Gama & Nuno Araújo
Soft Matter 18, 6899-6906 (2022)
Self-organized Lasers from Reconfigurable Colloidal Assemblies
Manish Trivedi, Dhruv Saxena, Wai Kit Ng, Riccardo Sapienza & Giorgio Volpe
Nature Physics 18, 939-944 (2022)
2021
Objective comparison of methods to decode anomalous diffusion
Gorka Muñoz-Gil et al.
Nature Communications 12, 6253 (2021)
Characterisation of anomalous diffusion classical statistics powered by deep learning
Alessia Gentili & Giorgio Volpe
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 54, 314003 (2021)
Directional control of weakly localised Raman from a random network of fractal nanowires
Maria Josè Lo Faro, Giovanna Ruello, Antonio Alessio Leonardi, Dario Morganti, Alessia Irrera, Francesco Priolo, Sylvain Gigan, Giorgio Volpe & Barbara Fazio
Advanced Science 8, 2100139 (2021)
2020
Nonmonotonic Contactless Manipulation of Binary Droplets via Sensing of Localized Vapor Sources on Pristine Surfaces
Robert Malinowski, Ivan P Parkin & Giorgio Volpe
Science Advances 6, eaba3636 (2020)
Microscale Marangoni Surfers
Kilian Dietrich, Nick Jaensson, Ivo Buttinoni, Giorgio Volpe & Lucio Isa
Physical Review Letters 125, 098001 (2020)
Advances towards the Programmable Transport of Droplets on Solid Surfaces and its Applications [pdf]
Robert Malinowski, Ivan P Parkin & Giorgio Volpe
Chemical Society Reviews 49, 7879-7892 (2020)
Far-field Wavefront Control of Nonlinear Luminescence in Disordered Gold Metasurfaces
Gauthier Roubaud, Pierre Bondareff, Giorgio Volpe, Sylvain Gigan, Sébastien Bidault & Samuel Grésillon
Nano Letters 20, 3291-3298 (2020)
Ordering of Binary Colloidal Crystals by Random Potentials
André S. Nunes, Sabareesh K. P. Velu, Agnese Callegari, Mario Collada Dietrich, Jan Thiel, Giorgio Volpe, Margarida M. Telo da Gama, Giovanni Volpe & Nuno A. M. Araújo
Soft Matter 16, 4267-4273 (2020)
2019
Perspective on Light-induced Transport of Particles: from Optical Forces to Phoretic Motion
Pavel Zemánek, Giorgio Volpe, Alexandr Jonáš & Oto Brzobohatý
Advances in Optics and Photonics 11, 577-678 (2019)
Enhanced Propagation of Motile Bacteria on Surfaces due to Forward Scattering
Stanislaw Makarchuk, Vasco C. Braz, Nuno A. M. Araújo, Lena Ciric & Giorgio Volpe
Nature Communications 10, 4110 (2019)
Active Matter Alters the Growth Dynamics of Coffee Rings
Tugba Andac, Pascal Weigmann, Sabareesh K. P. Velu, Erçağ Pinçe, Agnese Callegari, Giorgio Volpe & Giovanni Volpe
Soft Matter 15, 1488-1496 (2019)
2018
High-Performance Reconstruction of Microscopic Force Fields from Brownian Trajectories
Laura Pérez García, Jaime Donlucas Pérez, Giorgio Volpe, Alejandro V. Arzola, Giovanni Volpe
Nature Communications 9, 5166-11355 (2018)
Dynamic Control of Particle Deposition in Evaporating Droplets by an External Point Source of Vapor
Robert Malinowski, Giovanni Volpe, Ivan P Parkin & Giorgio Volpe
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9, 659-664 (2018)
2017
The Topography of the Environment Alters the Optimal Search Strategy for Active Particles
Giorgio Volpe & Giovanni Volpe
PNAS 114, 11350-11355 (2017)
Chemotactic Synthetic Vesicles: Design and Applications in Blood Brain Barrier Crossing
Adrian Joseph, Claudia Contini, Denis Cecchin, Sophie Nyberg, Lorena Ruiz-Perez, Jens Gaitzsch, Gavin Fullstone, Xiaohe Tian, Juzaili Azizi, Jane Preston, Giorgio Volpe & Giuseppe Battaglia
Science Advances 3, e1700362 (2017)
2016
Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments
Clemens Bechinger, Roberto Di Leonardo, Hartmut Löwen, Charles Reichhardt, Giorgio Volpe & Giovanni Volpe
Review of Modern Physics 88, 045006 (2016)
Spatiotemporal Coherent Control of Light through a Multiple Scattering Medium with the Multispectral Transmission Matrix
Mickael Mounaix, Daria Andreoli, Hugo Defienne, Giorgio Volpe, Ori Katz, Samuel Grésillon & Sylvain Gigan
Physical Review Letters 116, 253901 (2016)
Disorder-mediated Crowd Control in an Active Matter System
Erçağ Pinçe, Sabareesh K. P. Velu, Agnese Callegari, Parviz Elahi, Sylvain Gigan, Giovanni Volpe & Giorgio Volpe
Nature Communications 7, 10907 (2016)
2015
Probing Extended Modes on Disordered Plasmonic Networks by Wavefront Shaping
Pierre Bondareff, Giorgio Volpe, Sylvain Gigan & Samuel Grésillon
ACS Photonics 2, 1658-1662 (2015)
Deterministic Control of Broadband Light through a Multiply Scattering Medium via the Multispectral Transmission Matrix
Daria Andreoli, Giorgio Volpe, Sébastien Popoff, Ori Katz, Samuel Grésillon & Sylvain Gigan
Scientific Reports 5, 10347 (2015)
Step-by-step Guide to the Realization of Advanced Optical Tweezers
Giuseppe Pesce, Giorgio Volpe, Onofrio M Maragó, Philip H Jones, Sylvain Gigan, Antonio Sasso & Giovanni Volpe
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 32, B84-B98 (2015)
2014
Long-term Influence of Fluid Inertia on the Diffusion of a Brownian Particle
Giuseppe Pesce, Giorgio Volpe, Giovanni Volpe & Antonio Sasso
Physical Review E 90, 042309 (2014)
Speckle Optical Tweezers: Micromanipulation with Random Light Fields
Giorgio Volpe, Lisa Kurz, Agnese Callegari, Giovanni Volpe & Sylvain Gigan
Optics Express 22, 18159-18167 (2014)
Simulation of the Active Brownian Motion of a Microswimmer
Giorgio Volpe, Sylvain Gigan & Giovanni Volpe
American Journal of Physics 82, 659 (2014)
Brownian Motion in a Speckle Light Field: Tunable Anomalous Diffusion and Selective Optical Manipulation
Giorgio Volpe, Giovanni Volpe & Sylvain Gigan
Scientific Reports 4, 3936 (2014)
2013
Plasmon-assisted Delivery of Single Nano-objects in an Optical Hot-spot Christopher M. Galloway, Mark P. Kreuzer, Srdjan S. Acimovic, Giorgio Volpe, Manuel Correia, Steffen Bjorn Petersen, Maria Teresa Neves-Petersen & Romain Quidant
Nano Letters 13, 4299 (2013)
Multipolar Radiation of Quantum Emitters with Nanowire Optical Antennas Alberto G. Curto,Tim H. Taminiau, Giorgio Volpe, Mark P. Kreuzer, Romain Quidant & Niek F. van Hulst
Nature Communications 4, 1750 (2013)
Simulation of a Brownian Particle in an Optical Trap
Giorgio Volpe & Giovanni Volpe
American Journal of Physics 81, 224 (2013)
Nonlinear Optical Antennas
Hayk Harutyunyan, Giorgio Volpe & Lukas Novotny
Optical Antennas, Cambridge University Press (2013)
2012
Near-Field Mapping of Plasmonic Antennas by Multiphoton Absorption in Poly(methyl methacrylate)
Giorgio Volpe, Monika Noack, Srdjan S. Acimovic, Carsten Reinhardt & Romain Quidant
Nano Letters 12, 4864-4868 (2012)
Active Brownian Motion Tunable by Light
Ivo Buttoni, Giovanni Volpe, Felix Kümmel, Giorgio Volpe & Clemens Bechinger
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 284129 (2012)
Enhancing the Nonlinear Optical Response using Multifrequency Gold-nanowire Antennas
Hayk Harutyunyan, Giorgio Volpe, Romain Quidant & Lukas Novotny
Physical Review Letters 108, 217403 (2012)
2011
Fractal Plasmonics: Subdiffraction Focusing and Broadband Spectral Response by a Sierpinski Nano Carpet
Giorgio Volpe, Giovanni Volpe & Romain Quidant
Optics Express 19, 3612-3618 (2011)
2010
Deterministic Subwavelength Control of Light Confinement in Nanostructures
Giorgio Volpe, Gabriel Molina-Terriza & Romain Quidant
Physical Review Letters 105, 216802 (2010)
Unidirectional Emission of a Quantum Dot Coupled to a Nanoantenna
Alberto G. Curto, Giorgio Volpe, Tim H. Taminiau, Mark P. Kreuzer, Romain Quidant & Niek F. van Hulst
Science 329, 930-933 (2010)
Direct Growth of Optical Antennas using E-beam-induced Gold Deposition
Simó Graells, Srdjan Açimoviç, Giorgio Volpe & Romain Quidant
Plasmonics 5, 135-139 (2010)
The Photonic Torque Microscope: Measuring Non-conservative Force-fields
Giovanni Volpe, Giorgio Volpe & Giuseppe Pesce
Recent Optical and Photonic Technologies, INTECH (2010)
2009
Controlling the Optical Near Field of Nanoantennas with Spatial Phase-shaped Beams
Giorgio Volpe, Sudhir Cherukulappurath, Roser Juanola Parramon, Gabriel Molina-Terriza & Romain Quidant
Nano Letters 9, 3608-3611 (2009)
Quantitive Assessment of Non-conservative Radiation Forces in an Optical Trap
Giuseppe Pesce, Giorgio Volpe, Anna Chiara de Luca, Giulia Rusciano, Giovanni Volpe & Antonio Sasso
EPL (Europhysics Letters) 86, 38002 (2009)
2008
Singular Point Characterization in Microscopic Flows
Giorgio Volpe, Giovanni Volpe & Dmitri Petrov
Physical Review E 77, 037301 (2008)
2007
Brownian Motion in a Non-homogeneous Force Field and Photonic Force Microscope
Giorgio Volpe, Giovanni Volpe & Dmitri Petrov
Physical Review E 76, 061118 (2007)
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