RBCs under optical tweezers as cellular motors and rockers: Microfluidic applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6326, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mohanty, Samarendra ^a   Mohanty, Khyati ^b,c   Gupta, Pradeep ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Optical tweezers; Polarization; Red blood cell; Rotational rocking motion

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MOTORS; ISOTONIC BUFFER; MICROFLUIDICS; RED BLOOD CELLS (RBC); ROTATIONAL ROCKING MOTION; ROTATIONAL TORQUE; TRAPPING BEAM;

BIREFRINGENCE; BLOOD; CELLS; CENTRIFUGATION; POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER);

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33751398391     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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