Virtual environment for manipulating microscopic particles with optical tweezers

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-287

  Lee, Yong Gu ^a   Lyons, Kevin W ^a   LeBrun, Thomas W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoscale assembly; Nanotechnology; Optical tweezers; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LASER BEAMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

LAGRANGE MECHANICS; MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES; NANOSCALE ASSEMBLY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0346149971     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.108.026     Document Type: Article

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