Optically driven bacterial screw of Archimedes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Robbins, J R ^a   Tierney, D A ^b   Schmitzer, H ^b  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICAL BACTERIA; HIGH-PRECISION FABRICATION; LINEAR MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICALLY DRIVEN BACTERIAL SCREW OF ARCHIMEDES;

BACTERIA; CAPILLARY FLOW; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ROTATION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 30744460353     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2162696     Document Type: Article

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