Title :
Optical trapping and stretching of lipid vesicles
Author :
Piñón, Tessa M. ; Hirst, Linda S. ; Sharping, Jay E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of California, Merced, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a dual-beam fiber trap for optically stretching lipid vesicles encapsulated with poly(ethylene glycol) polymer solution. Vesicle deformations exhibit ranges of linear and non-linear response for applied peak stresses of ~7-60 mN/m2.
Keywords :
biomechanics; deformation; encapsulation; lipid bilayers; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; polymer solutions; radiation pressure; applied peak stresses; dual-beam fiber trap; encapsulation; lipid vesicles; nonlinear response; optical stretching; optical trapping; poly(ethylene glycol) polymer solution; vesicle deformations; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical refraction;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
