Chapter 1 Optical Tweezers: The Early Years -- chapter 2 Applications in Biology -- chapter 3 Measuring Forces and Motion -- chapter 4 Modeling Forces and Torques -- chapter 5 Studies in Colloid Science -- chapter 6 Optical Spanners -- chapter 7 Multitrap and Holographic Optical Tweezers -- chapter 8 Applications in Microfluidics
Summary
The technical development of optical tweezers, along with their application in the biological and physical sciences, has progressed significantly since the demonstration of an optical trap for micron-sized particles based on a single, tightly focused laser beam was first reported more than twenty years ago. Bringing together many landmark papers on the field, Optical Tweezers: Methods and Applications covers the techniques and uses of optical tweezers.Each section is introduced by a brief commentary, setting the papers into their historical and contemporary contexts. The first two sections exp
