Using an optical trap to fold and align single red blood cells

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1432-1437

  Dharmadhikari, J A ^a   Mathur, D ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

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