Optical Tweezers - Methods and Applications

Zusatztext Optical Tweezers: Methods and Applications is a collection of landmark papers in the field of optical trapping and manipulation! edited by three experts of the field. ? Optical Tweezers gives a broad overview of the progress over the last four decades through a careful selection of the key articles that every specialist should read. Each section is introduced by a brief but compelling commentary! setting the papers in their historical context and delivering a wealth of background information and references! which can serve as a guide for the interested reader to explore the field further.-Giovanni Volpe! Contemporary Physics! 52! 2011 Informationen zum Autor Miles J. Padgett! Justin E. Molloy! David McGloin Klappentext With contributions from some of the best in the field! this compendium presents important historical and current developments of optical tweezers in a range of scientific areas! from the manipulation of bacteria to the treatment of DNA. Zusammenfassung Bringing together many landmark papers on the field, this compendium covers the techniques and applications of optical tweezers. It explores biological, colloidal, and microfluidic applications. It also analyzes the mechanisms underpinning basic tweezer force and the interaction among many particles held within multiple tweezer systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Optical Tweezers: The Early Years. Applications in Biology. Measuring Forces and Motion. Modeling Forces and Torques. Studies in Colloid Science. Optical Spanners. Multitrap and Holographic Optical Tweezers. Applications in Microfluidics.

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• Authors: Miles J. (University of Glasgow Padgett, Miles J. Molloy Padgett
• Assisted by: David McGloin (Editor), David (University of Dundee McGloin (Editor), McGloin David (Editor), Justin Molloy (Editor), Justin (MRC National Institute for Medical Research Molloy (Editor), Justin E. Molloy (Editor), Molloy Justin (Editor), Miles J. Padgett (Editor), Miles J. (University of Glasgow Padgett (Editor), Padgett Miles J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2010
• EAN: 9781420074123
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-7412-3
• No. of pages: 508
• Series: Series in Optics and Optoelectronics; Series in Optics and Optoelectronics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics, Applied optics