Professor Steven Neale

Professor of Micro Engineering (Systems Power & Energy)

telephone: 01413302411
email: Steven.Neale@glasgow.ac.uk

647, School of Engineering, James Watt South Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Biography

Steven L. Neale is Professor of Micro Engineering and Head of the Systems, Power and Energy Research Division in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. He joined the University of Glasgow in 2009 with a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering after spending two years at UC Berkeley studying Optoelectronic Tweezers with Prof Ming C. Wu. Prior to this Prof Neale had studied at the University of St Andrews taking an MSci in Physics 1998-2002 and PhD in Optically Controlled Microfluidics 2002-2006 under the supervision of Prof Thomas Krauss’s and Prof Kishan Dholakia. Prof Neale is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, FInstP.

Research interests

“Imagine a factory of tomorrow where there are no humans and robots complete all assembly tasks. Now imagine a factory of the far future where there are no robots and instead components are assembled with magical invisible force fields, appearing to float through the air and form complex structures with only touch-free control.” Steven L. Neale.

The robot dominated factory of tomorrow is not far from the factories of today with many manufacturing and assembly task being completed by automated machinery. My work focuses on extending the capabilities of “touch-free” control techniques such as optical, electrical and acoustic tweezers to complete tasks that even the best robots can’t do.

My current research interests lie in two areas: first, the micro-manipulation of particles in suspension for industrial and medical applications and second the development of micro fabricated biomedical devices for medical diagnostics and therapies. Specifically, I have expertise in the micro fabrication of electrodes as impedance-based biosensors and the manipulation of micro particles with optical, electrical and acoustic forces. My most significant contributions to the field have been in the area of extending the range of particles that can be manipulated with optical patterned electrical forces in an Optoelectronic Tweezers (OET) device. This work, which has shown the manipulation of particles from around 1nm to almost 1mm in size, demonstrates the versatility of this “touch free” control mechanism which I intend to keep exploring for utilisation in manufacturing.

Applications - going forward I am interested in exploring the use of micromanipulation to create energy storage devices (super capacitors), developing actuator swarm control stragegies (massivly parallel manipulation) and in translating my work on medical devices from the research lab to clinical use.

Publications

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Number of items: 74.

2025

Alyami, Ali Mana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4168-4787, Kirimi, Mahmut Talha, Neale, Steve L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Mercer, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 (2025) Implantable biosensors for cardiovascular diseases: directions for the next generation of active diagnostic and therapeutic medical device technologies. Biosensors, 15(3), 147. (doi: 10.3390/bios15030147) (PMID:40136944) (PMCID:PMC11940410)

2024

Kirimi, Mahmut Talha, Hoare, Daniel, Holsgrove, Michael, Czyzewski, Jakub, Mirzai, Nosrat, Mercer, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 and Neale, Steve L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2024) Detection of blood clots using a whole stent as an active implantable biosensor. Advanced Science, 11(21), 2304748. (doi: 10.1002/advs.202304748) (PMID:38342628) (PMCID:PMC11151072)

Hoare, Daniel, Kingsmore, David, Holsgrove, Michael, Russell, Ewan, Kirimi, Mahmut T., Czyzewski, Jakub, Mirzai, Nosrat, Kennedy, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0887-5840, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Mercer, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 (2024) Realtime monitoring of thrombus formation in vivo using a self-reporting vascular access graft. Communications Medicine, 4, 15. (doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00436-8) (PMID:38316912) (PMCID:PMC10844314)

Elhanashi, Abdussalam, Saponara, Sergio, Dini, Pierpaolo, Zheng, Qinghe, Saide, Abdurazak, Li, Weizhen and Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2024) Assembly of solder beads with a surface mount technology resistor with optoelectronic tweezers and freezing-drying techniques. In: Bellotti, Francesco, Grammatikakis, Miltos D., Mansour, Ali, Ruo Roch, Massimo, Seepold, Ralf, Solanas, Agusti and Berta, Riccardo (eds.) Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society APPLEPIES 2023. Series: Lecture notes in electrical engineering (LNEE, volume 1110). Springer: Cham, pp. 146-154. ISBN 9783031481208 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-48121-5_21)

2023

Marland, Jamie R.K., Tsiamis, Andreas, Hoare, Daniel, Ledesma Lopez, Pablo G., Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Mercer, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 and Mitra, Srinjoy (2023) Towards synthetic vascular graft monitoring using a flip-chip-on-flex impedance spectroscopy sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(1), pp. 88-96. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3220022)

2022

Boonruang, A., Thongchai, T., Jiang, Y., Demore, C.E.M., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Moldovan, A., Button, T.W. and Cochran, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7790 (2022) Progress towards wafer-scale fabrication based on gel casting technique for 1–3 randomised piezocomposite μUS linear array. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42(13), pp. 5565-5574. (doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.05.061)

Filippi, J. et al. (2022) Exploiting spectral information in Opto-Electronic Tweezers for cell classification and drug response evaluation. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 368, 132200. (doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.132200)

Hoare, Daniel, Fisher, Simon, Nelson, Finlay, Tsiamis, Andreas, Marland, Jamie R. K., Mitra, Srinjoy, Neale, Steve L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Mercer, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 (2022) An Impedance Sensor for Pathologically Relevant Detection of In-Stent Restenosis in Vitro. In: 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Glasgow, 11-15 July 2022, pp. 2298-2301. ISBN 9781728127828 (doi: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871936)

Hoare, D. et al. (2022) Predicting cardiovascular stent complications using self-reporting biosensors for noninvasive detection of disease. Advanced Science, 9(15), 2105285. (doi: 10.1002/advs.202105285) (PMID:35322587) (PMCID:PMC9130883)

Zhang, Shuailong, Elsayed, Mohamed, Chen, Yujie, Zhang, Yanfeng, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Wheeler, Aaron R. (2022) Influence of light pattern thickness on moving behaviors of dielectric microparticles manipulated by optoelectronic tweezers. Photonics Research, 10(2), pp. 550-556. (doi: 10.1364/PRJ.437528)

Molloy, Antonia, Beaumont, Kirsten, Alyami, Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4168-4787, Kirimi, Mahmut, Hoare, Daniel, Mirzai, Nosrat, Heidari, Hadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164, Mitra, Srinjoy, Neale, Steve L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Mercer, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 (2022) Challenges to the development of the next generation of self-reporting cardiovascular implantable medical devices. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 15, pp. 260-272. (doi: 10.1109/RBME.2021.3110084) (PMID:34520361)

2021

Zhang, S. et al. (2021) Integrated assembly and photopreservation of topographical micropatterns. Small, 17(37), 2103702. (doi: 10.1002/smll.202103702) (PMID:34390185)

Zhang, S. et al. (2021) Reconfigurable multi-component micromachines driven by optoelectronic tweezers. Nature Communications, 12, 5349. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25582-8) (PMID:34504081) (PMCID:PMC8429428)

2020

Qian, Yang, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Marsh, John H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2851-413X (2020) Microparticle manipulation using laser-induced thermophoresis and thermal convection flow. Scientific Reports, 10, 19169. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76209-9) (PMID:33154506) (PMCID:PMC7644619)

Bussooa, Anubhav, Hoare, Daniel, Kirimi, Mahmut Talha, Mitra, Srinjoy, Mirzai, Nosrat, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Mercer, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 (2020) Impedimetric detection and electromediated apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle using microfabricated biosensors for diagnosis and therapeutic treatment in cardiovascular diseases. Advanced Science, 7(18), 1902999. (doi: 10.1002/advs.201902999) (PMID:32999823) (PMCID:PMC7509665)

Witte, Christian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-7968, Reboud, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2020) Channel integrated optoelectronic tweezer chip for microfluidic particle manipulation. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 30, 045004. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6439/ab6c72)

2019

Hoare, Daniel, Bussooa, Anubhav, Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Mirzai, Nosrat and Mercer, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 (2019) The future of cardiovascular stents: bioresorbable and integrated biosensor technology. Advanced Science, 6(20), 1900856. (doi: 10.1002/advs.201900856) (PMID:31637160) (PMCID:PMC6794628)

Zhang, Shuailong, Li, Weizhen, Elsayed, Mohamed, Tian, Pengfei, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Wheeler, Aaron R. and Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2019) Size-scaling effects for microparticles and cells manipulated by optoelectronic tweezers. Optics Letters, 44(17), pp. 4171-4174. (doi: 10.1364/OL.44.004171) (PMID:31465355)

Macias, Gerard, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Peveler, William J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683, Burley, Glenn A., Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2019) Whisky tasting using a bimetallic nanoplasmonic tongue. Nanoscale, 11(32), pp. 15216-15223. (doi: 10.1039/C9NR04583J) (PMID:31384879)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Macias Sotuela, Gerard, Burley, Glenn A., Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2019) Nanoplasmonic discrimination of organic solvents using a bimetallic optical tongue. In: SPIE BiOS 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2-7 Feb 2019, 108950G. (doi: 10.1117/12.2507275)

2018

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Macias, Gerard, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2018) Multilayered nanoplasmonic arrays for self-referenced biosensing. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(40), pp. 34774-34780. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b12604) (PMID:30207457)

Bussooa, Anubhav, Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Mercer, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-7511 (2018) Future of smart cardiovascular implants. Sensors, 18(7), 2008. (doi: 10.3390/s18072008) (PMID:29932154) (PMCID:PMC6068883)

Zhang, S. et al. (2018) Escape from an optoelectronic tweezer trap: experimental results and simulations. Optics Express, 26(5), pp. 5300-5309. (doi: 10.1364/OE.26.005300)

2017

Zhang, S. et al. (2017) Manufacturing with light – micro-assembly of opto-electronic microstructures. Optics Express, 25(23), pp. 28838-28850. (doi: 10.1364/OE.25.028838)

Heydari, Esmaeil, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Plasmonic color filters as dual-state nanopixels for high-density microimage encoding. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(35), 1701866. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.201701866)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Bridging the gap: rewritable electronics using real-time light-induced dielectrophoresis on lithium niobate. Scientific Reports, 7, 9660. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09877-9) (PMID:28851963) (PMCID:PMC5575290)

Qian, Y., Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Marsh, J.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2851-413X (2017) Trapping and Manipulation of Microparticles Using Laser-Induced Optical and Thermal Forces. In: OSA Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences, San Diego, CA, USA, 2-5 Apr 2017, OtM3E.3. ISBN 9781943580255 (doi: 10.1364/OTA.2017.OtM3E.3)

2016

Zhang, Shuailong, Liu, Yongpeng, Juvert, Joan, Tian, Pengfei, Navarro, Jean-Claude, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2016) Use of optoelectronic tweezers in manufacturing – accurate solder bead positioning. Applied Physics Letters, 109(22), 221110. (doi: 10.1063/1.4971348)

Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Zhang, Shuailong, Juvert, Joan and Cooper, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2016) Manipulating and assembling metallic beads with optoelectronic tweezers. Scientific Reports, 6, 32840. (doi: 10.1038/srep32840) (PMID:27599445) (PMCID:PMC5013433)

Juvert, Joan, Zhang, Shuailong, Eddie, Iain, Mitchell, Colin J., Reed, Graham T., Wilkinson, James S., Kelly, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-1760 and Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2016) Micromanipulation of InP lasers with optoelectronic tweezers for integration on a photonic platform. Optics Express, 24(16), pp. 18163-18175. (doi: 10.1364/OE.24.018163)

Rodriquez Luna, J. C., Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2016) Automated Particle Identification through Regression Analysis of Size, Shape and Colour. In: SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13-18 Feb 2016, 97110R. (doi: 10.1117/12.2211107)

Zhang, Shuailong, Juvert, Joan, Cooper, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2016) Assembling and Manipulating Metallic Beads Using Optoelectronic Tweezers. 7th SU2P Symposium, Edinburgh, UK, 4 April 2016.

Fuentes, Angel, Rodriquez Luna, Juan Carlos, Juvert, Joan, Ramos-Garcia, Ruben and Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2016) Size Scaling with Light Patterned Dielectrophoresis in an Optoelectronic Tweezers Device. In: SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13-18 Feb 2016, 97590P. ISBN 9781628419948 (doi: 10.1117/12.2209624)

Juvert, Joan, Eddie, Iain, Mitchell, Colin J., Reed, Graham T., Wilkinson, James S., Kelly, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-1760 and Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2016) A Low Cost Technique for Adding Microlasers to a Silicon Photonic Platform. In: SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13-18 Feb 2016, (doi: 10.1117/12.2209357)

Zhang, Shuailong, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2016) Assembling Silver Nanowires Using Optoelectronic Tweezers. In: SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13-18 Feb 2016, 97590S. (doi: 10.1117/12.2211085)

2015

Flores-Flores, E., Torres-Hurtado, S.A., Páez, R., Ruiz, U., Beltrán-Pérez, G., Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Ramirez-San-Juan, J.C. and Ramos-García, R. (2015) Trapping and manipulation of microparticles using laser-induced convection currents and photophoresis. Optics Express, 6(10), pp. 4079-4087. (doi: 10.1364/BOE.6.004079)

2014

Witte, C., Reboud, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Wilson, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6700, Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2014) Microfluidic resonant cavities enable acoustophoresis on a disposable superstrate. Lab on a Chip, 14(21), pp. 4277-4283. (doi: 10.1039/C4LC00749B)

Witte, Christian, Kremer, Clemens, Chanasakulniyom, Mayuree, Reboud, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Wilson, Rab ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6700, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2014) Spatially selecting single cell for lysis using light induced electric fields. Small, 10(15), pp. 3026-3031. (doi: 10.1002/smll.201400247)

Kremer, Clemens, Witte, Christian, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Reboud, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Barrett, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-3519 and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Shape-dependent optoelectronic cell lysis. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 53(3), pp. 842-846. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201307751) (PMID:24402800) (PMCID:PMC4441254)

Jeorrett, A., Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Massoubre, D., Gu, E., Henderson, R.K., Millington, O., Mathieson, K. and Dawson, M.D. (2014) Optoelectronic tweezers system for single cell manipulation and fluorescence imaging of live immune cells. Optics Express, 22(2), pp. 1372-1380. (doi: 10.1364/OE.22.001372)

Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Witte, Christian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-7968, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Reboud, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405 and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Optoelectronic cell lysis. In: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA, USA, 17-21 Aug 2014, p. 916425. (doi: 10.1117/12.2062186)

2013

Anand, S., Nylk, J., Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Dodds, C., Grant, S., Ismail, M.H., Reboud, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and McGloin, D. (2013) Aerosol droplet optical trap loading using surface acoustic wave nebulization. Optics Express, 21(25), pp. 30148-30155. (doi: 10.1364/OE.21.030148)

Witte, C., Kremer, C., Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2013) Continuous cell lysis in microfluidics through acoustic and optoelectronic tweezers. In: SPIE Photonics West MOEMS-MEMS, San Francisco, 2-7th Feb, (doi: 10.1117/12.2004814)

2012

Kremer, C., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Menachery, A., Barrett, M. and Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2012) Optoelectronic tweezers for medical diagnostics. Proceedings of the SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8212, 82120E. (doi: 10.1117/12.903944)

Menachery, A., Kremer, C., Wong, P.E., Carlsson, A., Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Barrett, M.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-3519 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2012) Counterflow dielectrophoresis for trypanosome enrichment and detection in blood. Scientific Reports, 2, 775. (doi: 10.1038/srep00775) (PMID:23105971) (PMCID:PMC3481117)

Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Mody, N., Selman, C., Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Spalding, G.C. (2012) Optoelectronic tweezers for the measurement of the relative stiffness of erythrocytes. In: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, San Diego, CA, USA, 12 Aug 2012, p. 845827.

Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Witte, C., Bourquin, Y., Kremer, C., Menachery, A., Zhang, Y., Wilson, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6700, Reboud, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2012) New optical, acoustic, and electrical diagnostics for the developing world. In: Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems X, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23-24 Jan 2012, p. 825102. ISBN 9780819488947 (doi: 10.1117/12.924357)

Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Witte, C. and Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2012) Portable optoelectronic tweezers (OET), taking optical micromanipulation out of the optics lab. In: European Optical Society Annual Meeting, Aberdeen, UK, 26-28th Sep 2012,

2011

Reboud, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Wilson, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6700, Bourquin, Y., Zhang, Y., Neale, S.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Cooper, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2011) Phononic fluidics: acoustically activated droplet manipulations. In: Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems IX, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23-25 Jan 2011, 79290L. ISBN 9780819484666 (doi: 10.1117/12.879148)

Zarowna-Dabrowska, A. et al. (2011) Miniaturized optoelectronic tweezers controlled by GaN micro-pixel light emitting diode arrays. Optics Express, 19(3), pp. 2720-2728. (doi: 10.1364/OE.19.002720)

Wilson, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6700, Reboud, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Bourquin, Y., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Zhang, Y. and Cooper, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2011) Phononic crystal structures for acoustically driven microfluidic manipulations. Lab on a Chip, 11(2), pp. 323-328. (doi: 10.1039/C0LC00234H)

2010

Ohta, Aaron T., Garcia, Maurice, Valley, Justin K., Banie, Lia, Hsu, Hsan-Yin, Jamshidi, Arash, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Lue, Tom and Wu, Ming C. (2010) Motile and non-motile sperm diagnostic manipulation using optoelectronic tweezers. Lab on a Chip, 10(23), pp. 3213-3217. (doi: 10.1039/c0lc00072h)

Hsu, Hsan-yin, Ohta, Aaron T., Chiou, Pei-Yu, Jamshidi, Arash, Neale, Steven L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Wu, Ming C. (2010) Phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers for dynamic cell manipulation in cell culture media. Lab on a Chip, 10(2), pp. 165-172. (doi: 10.1039/b906593h)

Clemens, K., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Barrett, M. and Cooper, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2010) Manipulating blood borne parasites with optoelectronic tweezers (OET). In: IOP Photon10, University of Southampton, UK, 23-26 August 2010,

Jamshidi, A., Valley, J., Lam, W., Hsu, H., Dai, T., Shekarchian, S., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Pei, S. and Wu, M. (2010) An integrated single cell optofluidic platform based on phototransistor optoelectronic tweezers. In: Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, San Jose, CA, USA, 16-21 May 2010,

Pei, S.N., Valley, J.K., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Jamshidi, A., Hsu, H.-Y. and Wu, M.C. (2010) Projector-based continuous optoelectrowetting for real-time reconfigurable digital micofluidics. In: 23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2010), Hong Kong, 24-28 Jan 2010,

Reboud, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405, Wilson, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6700, Bourquin, Y., Zhang, Yi., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Cooper, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2010) Phononic crystal metamaterials for frequency tuneable microfluidic functions using surface acoustic waves. In: 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS(2010)), Groningen, Netherlands, 3-7 Oct. 2010,

Valley, J.K., Garcia, M., Swinton, P., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Hsu, H.Y., Jamshidi, A. and Wu, M.C. (2010) Optoelectronic tweezers for quantitative assessment of embryo development stage. In: 23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2010), Hong Kong, 24-28 Jan 2010,

Zarowna-Dabrowska, A. et al. (2010) Micromanipulation of beads and CHO cells using micro light emitting diode arrays to control a miniaturised optoelectronic tweezers device. In: IOP Photon10, Southampton, UK, 23-26 Aug 2010,

Zarowna-Dabrowska, A. et al. (2010) Miniaturised optoelectronic tweezers controlled by GaN micro light emitting diode arrays. In: 23rd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, Denver, CO, 7-11 Nov 2010,

2009

Jamshidi, A., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Yu, K., Pauzauskie, P.J., Schuck, P.J., Valley, J.K., Hsu, H., Ohta, A.T. and Wu, M. (2009) NanoPen: dynamic, low-power, and light-actuated patterning of nanoparticles. Nano Letters, 9(8), pp. 2921-2925. (doi: 10.1021/nl901239a)

Valley, Justin K., Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Hsu, Hsan-Yin, Ohta, Aaron T., Jamshidi, Arash and Wu, Ming C. (2009) Parallel single-cell light-induced electroporation and dielectrophoretic manipulation. Lab on a Chip, 9(12), pp. 1714-1720. (doi: 10.1039/b821678a)

Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Ohta, A., Hsu, H., Valley, J., Jamshidi, A. and Wu, M. (2009) Trap profiles of projector based optoelectronic tweezers (OET) with HeLa cells. Optics Express, 17(7), pp. 5231-5239. (doi: 10.1364/OE.17.005231)

Fan, Z. et al. (2009) Three-dimensional nanopillar-array photovoltaics on low-cost and flexible substrates. Nature Materials, 8(8), pp. 648-653. (doi: 10.1038/nmat2493)

Hsu, H.Y., Lee, H., Pautot, S., Yu, K., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Ohta, A.T., Jamshidi, A., Valley, J., Isocaff, E. and Wu, M.C. (2009) Sorting of differentiated neurons using phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers for cell replacement therapy of neurodegenerative diseases. In: Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 21-25 June 2009,

Jamshidi, A., Hsu, H.Y., Valley, J.K., Ohta, A.T., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Wu, M.C. (2009) Metallic nanoparticle manipulation using optoelectronic tweezers. In: IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems MEMS, Sorrento, Italy, 25-29 Jan 2009, pp. 579-582. (doi: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805448)

Jamshidi, A., Schuck, P.J., Pauzauskie, P.J., Valley, J.K., Hsu, H.Y., Ohta, A.T., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Wu, M.C. (2009) NanoPen: light-actuated patterning of nanoparticles. In: IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, Innsbruck, Austria, 12-14 Jan 2009, pp. 78-79. (doi: 10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771664)

Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Hsu, H.Y., Valley, J.K., Jamshidi, A. and Wu, M.C. (2009) Using MEMs mirrors to pattern electrical forces. In: SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA, USA, 24-29 Jan 2009,

Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Ohta, A.T., Hsu, H.Y., Valley, J.K., Jamshidi, A. and Wu, M.C. (2009) Force versus position profiles of HeLa ccells trapped in phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers. In: SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA, USA, 24-29 Jan 2009,

Neale, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Fan, Z., Ohta, A.T., Jamshidi, A., Valley, J.K., Hsu, H.Y., Javey, A. and Wu, M.C. (2009) Optofluidic assembly of red/blue/green semiconductor nanowires. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS 2009), Baltimore, USA, 31 May - 5 June 2009,

Tien, M., Ohta, A.T., Yu, K., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Wu, M.C. (2009) Heterogeneous integration of InGaAsP microdisk laser on a silicon platform using optofluidic assembly. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 95(4), pp. 967-972. (doi: 10.1007/s00339-009-5125-2)

Tien, M.C., Yu, K., Ohta, A.T., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Wu, M.C. (2009) Optofluidic assembly of InGaAsP microdisk lasers on Si photonic circuits with submicron alignment accuracy. In: Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), San Diego, CA, USA, 22-26 March 2009,

Valley, J.K., Hsu, H.Y., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Ohta, A.T., Jamshidi, A. and Wu, M.C. (2009) Assessment of single cell viability following light-induced electroporation through use of on-chip microfluidics. In: IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems MEMS, Sorrento, Italy, 25-29 Jan 2009, pp. 411-414. (doi: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805406)

Wu, M.C., Jamshidi, A., Neale, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Tien, M.C., Ohta, A.T. and Yu, K. (2009) Optoelectronic Tweezers - a New Parallel Optical Manipulation Tool. In: Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 21-25 June 2009,

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Articles

Zhang, S. et al. (2021) Integrated assembly and photopreservation of topographical micropatterns. Small, 17(37), 2103702. (doi: 10.1002/smll.202103702) (PMID:34390185)

Zhang, S. et al. (2018) Escape from an optoelectronic tweezer trap: experimental results and simulations. Optics Express, 26(5), pp. 5300-5309. (doi: 10.1364/OE.26.005300)

Zhang, S. et al. (2017) Manufacturing with light – micro-assembly of opto-electronic microstructures. Optics Express, 25(23), pp. 28838-28850. (doi: 10.1364/OE.25.028838)

Zarowna-Dabrowska, A. et al. (2011) Miniaturized optoelectronic tweezers controlled by GaN micro-pixel light emitting diode arrays. Optics Express, 19(3), pp. 2720-2728. (doi: 10.1364/OE.19.002720)

Fan, Z. et al. (2009) Three-dimensional nanopillar-array photovoltaics on low-cost and flexible substrates. Nature Materials, 8(8), pp. 648-653. (doi: 10.1038/nmat2493)

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Grants

£1,015,143 "Ultrasonically enabled suportless 3D printing" part of the EPSRC call Manufacturing; Instrumenting the Future" in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, 2022-2025.

£958,945 "High Energy Density Capacitors Manufactured with Optoelectronic Tweezers (CapOET)" from the Industry Strategy Chellenge Fund Wave 1 in collaboration with Dyson and Imperial College London 2017-2020.

£67,000 "Mass assembly of microdisk lasers onto Silicon Photonics using Optoelectronic Tweezers" Innovation fund from Prof G Reed's Silicon Photonics for Future Systems EPSRC programme grant, 2014-2017.

£282,000 "Assembly of electronic components with Optoelectronic Tweezers" EPSRC grant, part of Manufacturing with Light initiative, 2014-2016.

£15,000 “Hybrid Acoustic and Electric Tweezers for the Life Sciences” Royal Society Research Grants scheme, 2011-2012.

£8,000 “Combining Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) with Optoelectronic Tweezers (OET)” – Awarded by the EEE department’s PI fund 2010.

£2,000, “Using optoelectronic tweezers to measure the Young’s modulus of red blood cells as a biomarker of ageing and obesity” – Awarded by the Scottish Crucible with collaborators Nimesh Mody and Colin Selman from Aberdeen University. Awarded 6th September 2010.

£645,000 “Micro Actuators Controlled by Optoelectronic Tweezers (MacOET)” RAEng Research Fellowship, 2009-2015.

Supervision

PhD projects available, please email me for more details;

Sensors for Smart Implanted Devices – In collaboration with Dr John Mercer in our School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health this project will develop smart implants that have integrated sensors capable of detecting when there is a problem with the device such as a blockage. We create electrical impedance sensors with microfabrication techniques and test their capabilities. The project is suitable for enthusiastic Electrical, Mechanical or Biomedical Engineers and all training on microfabrication and cell handling can be provided.

Micromanipulation, extending the limits – In this project we will study micromanipulation techniques including optical, acoustic and electrical tweezers (based on dielectrophoresis) and research into the current limits and how these can be extended. This will involve establishing current maximum and minimum particle sizes and numbers that can be controlled, studying the forces that can be achieved and the positional accuracy possible. One focus will be on control algorithms for large numbers of particles producing massive swarms of actuators. This project is suitable for either Engineering or Computer Science students.

Additive Manufacturing and “touch-free” particle manipulation – This project will look at combining 3D printing techniques with the “touch-free” control of particles through techniques such as optical or acoustic tweezing to produce new prototyping capabilities. Being able to combine traditional 3D printing with forces from either light or ultrasonic waves will allow us to produce geometries that were not previously possible and also to combine the assembly of small particles such as electronic components with the print too. This project will be suitable for students with interests in manufacturing, 3D printing and prototyping with additive manufacturing.

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Teaching

Microscopy and Optics III (ENG3038)
Microelectronics for Consumer Product (ENG4098)
EEE Team Design Project 3 (ENG3049)
Renewable and Sustainable Energy (ENG4173)
Ultrasonic Engineering Case Study (ENG5328)

Research datasets

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2019

Sperling, J. R. , Macias, G., Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2019) Multilayered Nanoplasmonic Arrays for Self-Referenced Biosensing. [Data Collection]

Sperling, J. , Macias-Sotuela, G., Peveler, W. , Burley, G., Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2019) Whisky tasting using a bimetallic nanoplasmonic tongue. [Data Collection]

2017

Heydari, E., Sperling, J. , Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2017) High density optical storage using plasmonic nano pixels as dual-state data-bits. [Data Collection]

Sperling, J. , Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2017) Bridging the Gap - Rewritable Electronics Using Pyroelectric Tweezing. [Data Collection] (Unpublished)

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