Shape deformations of giant unilamellar vesicles with a laser tweezer array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5514, Issue , 2004, Pages 197-206

  Losert, Wolfgang ^a   Poole, Cory ^a   Bradford, Peter ^a   English, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIANT VESICLES; LASER TWEEZER ARRAY (LTA); NANOCHEMISTRY; SHAPE DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; HOLOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 13244255298     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.557589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Ibid, chapter 6
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