• DocumentCode
    1771197
  • Title

    Optical manipulation of rod-shaped bacteria and adhesive cellular clusters with novel “tug-of-war” optical tweezers

  • Author

    Bezryadina, Anna ; Keith, John ; Chen, Jiann-Jong ; Zhigang Chen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We design a new type of “tug-of-war” optical tweezers with lateral pulling forces and demonstrate full control of rod-shaped and asymmetric bacteria, including breaking up adhesive cellular clusters inhabiting aqueous media.
  • Keywords
    biocontrol; biological techniques; cellular biophysics; microorganisms; optical design techniques; radiation pressure; adhesive cellular clusters; aqueous media; asymmetric bacteria; lateral pulling forces; optical manipulation; rod-shaped bacteria; tug-of-war optical tweezers; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser beams; Microorganisms; Nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989314