Force and torque measurements using magnetic micro beads for single molecule biophysics

Optics Communications

Volumn 215, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 323-331

  Romano, G ^a,b   Sacconi, L ^a,b   Capitanio, M ^a,b   Pavone, F S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interferometric detection; Magnetic tweezers; Optical tweezers; Single molecule biophysics; Torque and force measurements

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MANIPULATORS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037438725     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)02247-2     Document Type: Article

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