In recent years, with technological advancements and growing application demands, the global market for optoelectronic tweezers has continuously expanded.

Optoelectronic tweezers (OET) refer to a micro-nano manipulation technology based on the principle of light-induced dielectrophoresis. Black-light optoelectronic tweezers integrate special wavelength combinations, polarization control, and unique chip designs to generate high-intensity trapping forces without damaging biological samples, enabling precise manipulation. Compared to traditional optoelectronic tweezers, black-light optoelectronic tweezers offer advantages such as strong manipulation forces, high-throughput automated screening capabilities, and low light intensity requirements, with applications in fields like biomedicine and agricultural breeding.

In recent years, with technological advancements and growing application demands, the global market for optoelectronic tweezers has continuously expanded. By 2025, the global market size for optoelectronic tweezers reached nearly $200 million, representing a year-on-year increase of nearly 10%. As a derivative technology of optoelectronic tweezers, black-light optoelectronic tweezers employ a manipulation mode of "attraction with black light and repulsion with white light," enabling high-precision operations on individual cells. As the market size for optoelectronic tweezers grows, the development trend of the black-light optoelectronic tweezers industry will continue to improve.

According to the 2026-2031 Black-Light Optoelectronic Tweezers Industry Market Depth Research and Investment Prospect Forecast Analysis Report released by the Xinsijie Industry Research Center, black-light optoelectronic tweezers, as a novel micro-nano manipulation technology, find applications in fields such as biomedicine and agricultural breeding. In biomedicine, black-light optoelectronic tweezers can be used in the development of antibody drugs, CAR-T cell therapy research, and organoid research, with this field representing its largest demand segment. Traditional antibody screening technologies suffer from high operational costs, long screening cycles, and low work efficiency. Black-light optoelectronic tweezers enable full automation of the antibody screening process, and as application demands grow, their market space will further expand.

Xinguang Biotechnology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. focuses on the research and development and production of life sciences and biomedical equipment, actively deploying digital microfluidics technology, optical tweezers technology, black-light optoelectronic tweezers technology, and optofluidic technology. It holds multiple patents related to black-light optoelectronic tweezers, including A Novel Black-Light Optoelectronic Tweezers Chip Structure and Its Manufacturing Method. In May 2026, Xinguang Biotechnology completed a multi-million yuan angel round of financing, with funds to be used for the research and development iteration of black-light optoelectronic tweezers equipment.

Despite broad application prospects, the development of China's black-light optoelectronic tweezers industry still faces certain challenges. On the one hand, as an emerging technological path, the long-term stability, repeatability, and large-scale application capabilities of black-light optoelectronic tweezers require continuous validation and improvement. On the other hand, currently, China lacks industry or national standards for optoelectronic tweezers technology, which to some extent restricts the standardized development and market promotion of the black-light optoelectronic tweezers industry.

Industry analysts from Xinsijie state that as a novel optoelectronic tweezers technology, black-light optoelectronic tweezers hold immense application potential in the field of biomedicine. In the future, with the improved prosperity of downstream industries, the market prospects for black-light optoelectronic tweezers in China will continue to improve. Currently, China's black-light optoelectronic tweezers industry is still in its infancy and has not yet achieved large-scale commercial applications. In the future, with the continuous efforts of domestic enterprises and technological advancements, the development pace of the black-light optoelectronic tweezers industry is expected to accelerate.

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