Tweezers with a twist

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 343-348

  Padgett, Miles ^a   Bowman, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79957858681     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.81     Document Type: Review

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