articles/pages giving an overview about optical tweezers
groups working with optical tweezers
how to build optical tweezers
applications with optical tweezers
pages providing pics and slides about optical tweezers




articles/pages giving an overview about optical tweezers

Scientific American, Michael W. Berns
general review article about optical tweezers;
what are tweezers, how do they work, applications, outlook, ...
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groups working with optical tweezers

Optical Tweezers and Laser Scalpel Page
Laser physics group in Umea, Sweden
General information about tweezers theory, applications and setup
Group at Havard University
ABiCell Biology, Prof. Schliwa, University of Munich, Germany
Optical Tweezers Group in Kopenhagen, Danmark
Nice overview and gallery
Optical Tweezers Homepage, Hungary
Optical Benjamin Davies at Kalamazoo University
Brief introduction on optical tweezers; good explanation about the forces acting in optical tweezers
Group in Göteborg, Sweden


see also other link lists:
Selected Links about Optical Tweezers
Some Optical Tweezers Webpages throughout the World
Links about optical tweezers
Collected from Laser Team, Czech Republic
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how to build optical tweezers

Article of Steven Block
CSHL Press; extensive article about building optical tweezers, good explanations
Havard University
extensive parts list, different setups, trouble shooting, photogallery and a lot of helpful hints
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applications with optical tweezers

Combination of AFM and optical tweezers
SPIE article
Near field optical tweezers
optical measurements at a dimension beyond the diffraction limit
Holographic Optical Tweezer (H.O.T.) Arrays
good explanation of his setup
Determining the Viscosity of an Unknown Fluid Using Optical Tweezers and Stoke's Law
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Retinal cell movement with optical tweezers
Studying viscoelastic properties
only short overview
Force sensing with optical tweezers
University of Regensburg, Germany; page about force measurements using a QD; pictures and explanation
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pages providing pics and slides about optical tweezers

Benjamin Davies at Kalamazoo University
a lot of pictures of real setups
Laser Team, Czech Republic
pictures of set-up and experiments
just a nice photo of a set-up
slide presentation about optical tweezers
about principle, history, applications and safety
optical tweezers group in kopenhagen, danmark
nice photogallery
ABiCell Biology, Prof. Schliwa, University of Munich, Germany
nice photogallery
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