Optical tweezers for the measurements of binding forces: System description and application for the study of E-coli adhesion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4962, Issue , 2003, Pages 206-215

  Fällman, Erik ^a   Schedin, Staffan ^a   Andersson, Magnus ^a   Jass, Jana ^b   Axner, Ove ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Force measurements; Optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CALIBRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0242411017     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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