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ABSTRACT
This article reviews the main results from the investigations performed on solid chiral microparticles based on polymerized cholesteric droplets. The procedures of particles generation, the structural characterization, optomechanics and microphotonics investigations are shown. The aim of this work is to give a picture of the innovation introduced by exploring the combination of chirality, self-organization and solid structure.
Acknowledgements
We thank A. Pane for the technical support and microparticles’ preparation, O. Maragò and M.G. Donato for support in optical manipulation experiments and fruitful discussion.
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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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Funding
We acknowledge MPNS COST Action MP1205: ‘Advances in Optofluidics: Integration of Optical Control and Photonics with Microfluidics’ for support and CONACYT-Mexico. C.P. acknowledge POR CALABRIA FESR 2007/2013 Asse I- Linea di Intervento 1.1.1.2- AVVISO AGENDA STRATEGICA POLI DI INNOVAZIONE: Project SMARTLAYER [CUP: J24E07000430005] for financial support.