He has pioneered the optical trapping process that eventually was used to manipulate atoms, molecules, and biological cells.

Before this such light manipulating atoms were fixed on flat hard surfaces.

In addition, the STM can be used to manipulate atoms as shown here:

He also manipulated covalently bonded atoms with atomic precision.

Ikaris can also psionically manipulate atoms and molecules so as to transform an object's shape.

Well before the new millennium, scientists were manipulating atoms and molecules as individual entities.

These devices are far too large to manipulate individual atoms, because the atomic scale is even smaller than the nanoscale.

That's not to say we can't manipulate individual atoms using other tools.

Many turn to manipulating atoms through chemistry rather than building a nanoscopic machine to build molecular chains.

I try to show them that nanotechnology is about manipulating single atoms or molecules to make materials better.