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. 2020 Dec 30;22(1):312. doi: 10.3390/ijms22010312

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Scattering forces acting on rounded dipolar and multipolar metal nanoparticles. Isotropic scattering on small dipolar particles; arise of forward-directed optical force (a). Mutual interference between multipolar fields and particles in highly collimated beams; arise of reduced forward-directed optical force (b). Attenuation of radiation force with increasing angle between incoming beams; arise of optical pulling force (c).