... particle trapping and sorting and other applications of the optofluidics platform. An article describing the optical trap for on-chip particle analysis has been published online by the journal Lab on ...
... and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
JILA’s successful use of gold in optical-trapping experiments, reported in Nano Letters,* could lead to a 10-fold increase in numbers ...
A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform.
... Researchers have named the groundbreaking device "MOTIS," for "Magneto-Optical Trap Ion Source." (For more on MOTs, see "Bon MOT: Innovative Atom Trap Catches Highly Magnetic Atoms," NIST Tech ...
... particles measured on the scale of nanometers, or billionths of a meter. One of those techniques, called optical trapping, uses a highly focused beam of light to capture and precisely position ...
... on an optical network. The new record – 7 milliseconds for rubidium atoms stored in a dipole optical trap – is scheduled to reported December 7 in the online version of the journal Nature Physics by ...
... that can "trap" small objects. A refractive sphere is chemically attached to the DNA strand, and the optical trap moves the sphere, allowing the researchers to unzip the DNA strands apart by pulling, ...
... began developing methods of labeling molecules with fluorescent markers and observing them at work using optical trapping of individual DNA molecules and advanced microscopy techniques. In 2006, the ...
... studying cold atoms, scientists often use magnetic or optical traps to keep the atoms in place. However, in ... to study free atoms, avoiding the effects of a trap. "One way to study free atoms," Cass ...
... for Soft Matter Research and the study's lead author.
To maneuver the particles, the team used optical traps, or tweezers. This tool, created by David Grier, chair of NYU's Department of Physics ...
... such as 'black holes' or to borrow from the stability of planetary motion to create new types of near-perfect optical traps that can effectively 'store' light," says Genov.
This research ...
... with a much smaller fraction of material. This discovery allows these particles to be compatible with optical traps and external magnetic fields, allowing for total control over the particles' ...
... such as 'black holes' or to borrow from the stability of planetary motion to create new types of near-perfect optical traps that can effectively 'store' light," says Genov.
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... without hindering the way they move. The new approach, described this month in Nature Methods, uses optical traps, microfluidic chambers and fluorescence to get an improved picture of how E. coli get ...
... Giovanni Vignale write a Viewpoint on a paper showing how interactions between two types of atoms in an optical trap allow one type, propelled by a magnetic field, to drag along the other type that ...
