Optical trap** and manipulation of neutral particles using lasers

A Ashkin - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
The techniques of optical trap** and manipulation of neutral particles by lasers provide
unique means to control the dynamics of small particles. These new experimental methods …

History of optical trap** and manipulation of small-neutral particle, atoms, and molecules

A Ashkin - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reviews the history of optical trap** and manipulation of small-neutral particles, from the
time of its origin in 1970 up to the present. As we shall see, the unique characteristics of this …

Configurations of fluid membranes and vesicles

U Seifert - Advances in physics, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
Vesicles consisting of a bilayer membrane of amphiphilic lipid molecules are remarkably
flexible surfaces that show an amazing variety of shapes of different symmetry and topology …

Optical tweezer arrays and optical substrates created with diffractive optics

ER Dufresne, DG Grier - Review of scientific instruments, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a simple method for creating multiple optical tweezers from a single laser beam
using diffractive optical elements. As a demonstration of this technique, we have …

[HTML][HTML] Cascades of transient pores in giant vesicles: line tension and transport

E Karatekin, O Sandre, H Guitouni, N Borghi… - Biophysical journal, 2003 - cell.com
Under ordinary circumstances, the membrane tension of a giant unilamellar vesicle is
essentially nil. Using visible light, we stretch the vesicles, increasing the membrane tension …

Bilayer Morphologies of Self-Assembled Crew-Cut Aggregates of Amphiphilic PS-b-PEO Diblock Copolymers in Solution

K Yu, A Eisenberg - Macromolecules, 1998 - ACS Publications
A wide range of bilayer aggregates, among them tubules, vesicles, large compound vesicles
(LCVs), and lamellae, were prepared from various polystyrene-b-poly (ethylene oxide)(PS-b …

Optical tweezers in colloid and interface science

DG Grier - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 1997 - Elsevier
The controlled manipulation of matter using radiation pressure, otherwise known as optical
trap**, has emerged as a powerful experimental tool in the physical sciences. One …

Novel morphologies of “crew-cut” aggregates of amphiphilic diblock copolymers in dilute solution

K Yu, L Zhang, A Eisenberg - Langmuir, 1996 - ACS Publications
Several novel morphologies of “crew-cut” aggregates have been prepared from highly
asymmetric diblock copolymers of polystyrene-b-poly (ethylene oxide)(PS-b-PEO) and …

Transient pores in stretched vesicles: role of leak-out

F Brochard-Wyart, PG de Gennes, O Sandre - Physica A: statistical …, 2000 - Elsevier
We have visualized macroscopic transient pores in mechanically stretched giant vesicles.
They can be observed only if the vesicles are prepared in a viscous solution to slow down …

Oscillatory phase separation in giant lipid vesicles induced by transmembrane osmotic differentials

K Oglęcka, P Rangamani, B Liedberg, RS Kraut… - elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Giant lipid vesicles are closed compartments consisting of semi-permeable shells, which
isolate femto-to pico-liter quantities of aqueous core from the bulk. Although water …