Femtosecond laser fabricated monolithic chip for optical trapping and stretching of single cells

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4679-4688

  Bellini, N ^a   Vishnubhatla, K C ^a   Bragheri, F ^b   Ferrara, L ^b   Minzioni, P ^b   Ramponi, R ^a   Cristiani, I ^b   Osellame, R ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHIPS; BLOOD; FABRICATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; STRETCHING;

DIMENSIONAL CAPABILITY; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; FLUIDIC COMPONENTS; MONOLITHIC CHIP; OPTICALTRAPPING; OPTOFLUIDIC DEVICES; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE RED BLOOD CELL; SINGLECELL ANALYSIS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TIME;

ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77749248848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.004679     Document Type: Article

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