A double trap for single molecule manipulation at opaque and microstructured surfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5514, Issue , 2004, Pages 160-169

  Legrand, Olivier ^a,b   Cote, Denis ^a   Bockelmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Motorola Labs   (France)

Author keywords

Conductivity; DNA; Force; Opaque substrate; Optical trap; Single molecule manipulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SUBSTRATES;

MICRONEEDLES; OPAQUE SUBSTRATES; OPTICAL TRAP;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 13244259246     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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