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Trends in Optical Trapping

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No longer just for moving objects from one place to another, optical trapping has been lately put to use in new and often exciting ways.

Gary Boas, News Editor

The term “optical trapping” is perhaps misleading: It implies little more than grabbing a molecule or other object and possibly transporting it to some other place. But, as is apparent from studies that have emerged recently, optical trapping is a rapidly maturing technique whose utility extends far beyond what its name suggests. Carlos Bustamante at the University of California, Berkeley, is a researcher whose lab is devoted to the development of single-molecule methods such as optical trapping. The most significant technological advances of the past several years, he said, have been the...Read full article

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    Published: May 2008
    Basic ScienceBiophotonicsFeaturesMicroscopymolecular cycleOptical trappingSensors & Detectorssingle-molecule

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