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Ray Optics Model for Optical Trapping of Biconcave Red Blood Cells
Micromachines, 2022 Red blood cells (RBCs) or erythrocytes are essential for oxygenating the peripherical tissue in the human body. Impairment of their physical properties may lead to severe diseases. Optical tweezers have in experiments been shown to be a powerful tool for
Riccardo Tognato, Philip H. Jones
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A programmable optical angle clamp for rotary molecular motors [PDF]
, 2007 Optical tweezers are widely used for experimental investigation of linear molecular motors. The rates and force dependence of steps in the mechanochemical cycle of linear motors have been probed giving detailed insight into motor mechanisms. With similar
Berry, RM +13 more
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Microscopic applications of holographic beam shaping and studies of optically trapped aerosols [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis has two themes. Firstly, it concerns the original application of holographic beam shaping, employed through the methods associated with optical manipulation, to three microscopic fields of research.
Burnham, Daniel R.
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Manipulation of Biological Cells Using a Robot-Aided Optical Tweezers System
Micromachines, 2018 This article reviews the autonomous manipulation strategies of biological cells utilizing optical tweezers, mainly including optical direct and indirect manipulation strategies. The typical and latest achievements in the optical manipulation of cells are
Mingyang Xie +2 more
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Phase-sensitive detection in Raman Tweezers: biological applications [PDF]
, 2008 In the biomedicine field, scientists act as detectives working hard to unravel the mysteries surrounding cells. To this end, Raman spectroscopy has revealed itself particularly useful, providing information concerning both the chemical composition and ...
De Luca, Anna Chiara
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Cosmic dust investigation by optical tweezers for space exploration
, 2021 We trap individual cosmic dust particles by Raman-Tweezers to identify their compositions and to characterize their response to optical forces without any substrate ef- fects, documenting the high potential of this novel technique for space ...
Marago', O. +11 more
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Genetic Material Manipulation and Modification by Optical Trapping and Nanosurgery-A Perspective
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 Light can be employed as a tool to alter and manipulate matter in many ways. An example has been the implementation of optical trapping, the so called optical tweezers, in which light can hold and move small objects with 3D control.
Alfonso Blázquez-Castro +9 more
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Microrheology with optical tweezers: data analysis [PDF]
, 2012 We present a data analysis procedure that provides the solution to a long-standing issue in microrheology studies, i.e. the evaluation of the fluids' linear viscoelastic properties from the analysis of a finite set of experimental data, describing (for ...
R M L Evans +13 more
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Optical trapping: optical interferometric metrology and nanophotonics [PDF]
, 2010 The two main themes in this thesis are the implementation of interference methods with optically trapped particles for measurements of position and optical phase (optical interferometric metrology) and the optical manipulation of nanoparticles for ...
Lee, Woei Ming
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JPhys Photonics, 2023 Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails.
Giovanni Volpe +82 more
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