Controlled alignment of bacterial cells with oscillating optical tweezers

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Carmon, Gideon ^a   Feingold, Mario ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D imaging; E. coli; optical tweezers; single cell

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EDGE DETECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER BEAMS;

3D IMAGING; BACTERIAL CELLS; CONTROLLED ALIGNMENT; E. COLI; EDGE DETECTION METHODS; OSCILLATING OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; SINGLE CELLS;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 80755175443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3590242     Document Type: Article

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