Optical tweezers: Theory and current applications

American Laboratory

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 13-20

  Brown, Bradley A ^a   Brown, Phyllis R ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0042763044     PISSN: 00447749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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