Advanced optical tweezers for the study of cellular and molecular biomechanics

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Brouhard, Gary J ^a   Schek III, Henry T ^a   Hunt, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Calibration; Optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL DEVICES;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CELL KINETICS; DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL TWEEZER; OPTICS;

BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0037281307     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.805463     Document Type: Article

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