Electromagnetic needles with submicron pole tip radii for nanomanipulation of biomolecules and living cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2968-2970

  Matthews, Benjamin D ^a,b   Lavan, David A ^c   Overby, Darryl R ^a   Karavitis, John ^a   Ingber, Donald E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; ELECTROMAGNET COIL; ELECTROMAGNET WIRES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MICRONEEDLE (EMN);

ELECTROLYTIC POLISHING; ELECTROMAGNETS; GLYCEROL; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PROCESS CONTROL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

MICROMANIPULATORS;

EID: 8344242068     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1802383     Document Type: Article

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