Optical trapping of coated microspheres

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 13831-13844

  Bormuth, Volker ^a   Jannasch, Anita ^a   Ander, Marcel ^b   Van Kats, Carlos M ^c   Van Blaaderen, Alfons ^c   Howard, Jonathon ^a   Schäffer, Erik ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; LASER BEAMS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA;

ANTI-REFLECTIVE; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; OPTICALTRAPPING; POLYSTYRENE MICRO-SPHERE; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SCATTERING FORCES; SILICA COATINGS; TIGHTLY FOCUSED LASER BEAM;

MICROSPHERES;

BIOMATERIAL; DNA; MICROSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DNA; MICROSPHERES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 51149117363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013831     Document Type: Article

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