Optical tweezers force measurements to study parasites chemotaxis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7367, Issue , 2009, Pages

  De Thomaz, A A ^a   Pozzo, L Y ^a   Fontes, A ^b   Almeida, D B ^a   Stahl, C V ^c   Santos Mallet, J R ^c   Gomes, S A O ^c   Feder, D ^d   Ayres, D C ^a   Giorgio, S ^a   Cesar, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCE VECTORS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REAL TIME; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MICROORGANISMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 70349988091     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.831480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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