Thermal tweezers for manipulation of adatoms and nanoparticles on surfaces heated by interfering laser pulses

Thermal tweezers with dynamic evolution of surface temperature, caused by absorption of interfering laser pulses in a thin metal film or any other absorbing surface is examined. The nanomanipulation and nanofabrication method is applicable for reproducing any holographically achievable surface patterns and can be used for engineering properties of surfaces including nanopatterning and design of surface metamaterials.