ABSTRACT

The technical development of optical tweezers, along with their application in the biological and physical sciences, has progressed significantly since the demonstration of an optical trap for micron-sized particles based on a single, tightly focused laser beam was first reported more than twenty years ago. Bringing together many landmark papers on

chapter 1|38 pages

Optical Tweezers: The Early Years

chapter 2|64 pages

Applications in Biology

chapter 3|100 pages

Measuring Forces and Motion

chapter 4|114 pages

Modeling Forces and Torques

chapter 5|36 pages

Studies in Colloid Science

chapter 6|32 pages

Optical Spanners

chapter 7|68 pages

Multitrap and Holographic Optical Tweezers

chapter 8|40 pages

Applications in Microfluidics