Alignment of biological microparticles by a polarized laser beam

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-343

  Garab, Gyozo ^a   Galajda, Péter ^a   Pomozi, István ^a   Finzi, Laura ^b   Praznovszky, Tünde ^a   Ormos, Pál ^a   Van Amerongen, Herbert ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Chloroplast; Chromosome; Laser tweezers; Optical alignment

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMOSOME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LASER; LASER MICROSCOPY; MAGNETISM; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL LINE; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMOSOMES; CRICETINAE; LASERS; LIGHT; METAPHASE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PEAS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244452718     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0454-8     Document Type: Article

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