In this optical tweezer set-up, the packaging complex is tethered between two beads and coupled to a rotor bead via dsDNA. The middle image is a micrograph of the set-up and on the right is an image ...

Discover the evolution of optical tweezers, a powerful tool used to manipulate particles at the microscopic scale. Explore their history, advancements, and wide-ranging applications in nanotechnology, ...

Ashkin's discovery has since formed the basis for the development of optical tweezers, a tool frequently used to control the motion of small biological objects and investigate them. Optical tweezers ...

MIT researchers have harnessed integrated optical phased array (OPA) technology to develop a type of integrated optical tweezers, akin to a miniature, chip-based “tractor beam”—like the one that ...

Optical tweezer apparatus in Ajay Sood’s lab at IISc. Inset (L-R): Sudeesh Krishnamurthy, Rajesh Ganapathy, and Ajay Sood Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...