Rotational dynamics of optically trapped nanofibers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 822-830

  Neves, Antonio Alvaro Ranha ^a   Camposeo, Andrea ^a   Pagliara, Stefano ^b   Saija, Rosalba ^c   Borghese, Ferdinando ^c   Denti, Paolo ^c   Iatì, Maria Antonia ^d   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Maragò, Onofrio M ^d   Pisignano, Dario ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NANOFIBERS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MEASURED DATA; NANO-OBJECTS; POLARIZED GAUSSIAN BEAMS; POLYMER NANOFIBERS; ROTATION DYNAMICS; ROTATION FREQUENCIES; ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS; T-MATRIX FORMALISM; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; TILT ANGLE;

ROTATION;

NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROTATION; TORQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 75249086943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000822     Document Type: Article

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