"Optical Tweezers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A technique that uses LASERS to trap, image, and manipulate small objects (biomolecules, supramolecular assembles, DENDRIMERS) in three dimensional space. (From Glossary of Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Terms, 4th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D052898
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Optical Tweezers- Optical Tweezers
- Optical Tweezer
- Tweezer, Optical
- Tweezers, Optical
- Optical Trapping
- Trapping, Optical
- Laser Tweezers
- Laser Tweezer
- Tweezer, Laser
- Tweezers, Laser
- Optical Trap
- Optical Traps
- Trap, Optical
- Traps, Optical
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| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optical Tweezers" by people in Profiles.
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Kelley M, Cooper J, Devito D, Mushi R, Aguinaga MDP, Erenso DB. Laser trap ionization for identification of human erythrocytes with variable hemoglobin quantitation. J Biomed Opt. 2018 05; 23(5):1-10.
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Hu W, Fan Q, Ohta AT. An opto-thermocapillary cell micromanipulator. Lab Chip. 2013 Jun 21; 13(12):2285-91.
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Garcia MM, Ohta AT, Walsh TJ, Vittinghof E, Lin G, Wu MC, Lue TF. A noninvasive, motility independent, sperm sorting method and technology to identify and retrieve individual viable nonmotile sperm for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. J Urol. 2010 Dec; 184(6):2466-72.
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Ohta AT, Garcia M, Valley JK, Banie L, Hsu HY, Jamshidi A, Neale SL, Lue T, Wu MC. Motile and non-motile sperm diagnostic manipulation using optoelectronic tweezers. Lab Chip. 2010 Dec 07; 10(23):3213-7.
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Hsu HY, Ohta AT, Chiou PY, Jamshidi A, Neale SL, Wu MC. Phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers for dynamic cell manipulation in cell culture media. Lab Chip. 2010 Jan 21; 10(2):165-72.
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Lau AN, Ohta AT, Phan HL, Hsu HY, Jamshidi A, Chiou PY, Wu MC. Antifouling coatings for optoelectronic tweezers. Lab Chip. 2009 Oct 21; 9(20):2952-7.
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Neale SL, Ohta AT, Hsu HY, Valley JK, Jamshidi A, Wu MC. Trap profiles of projector based optoelectronic tweezers (OET) with HeLa cells. Opt Express. 2009 Mar 30; 17(7):5232-9.
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Shah GJ, Ohta AT, Chiou EP, Wu MC, Kim CJ. EWOD-driven droplet microfluidic device integrated with optoelectronic tweezers as an automated platform for cellular isolation and analysis. Lab Chip. 2009 Jun 21; 9(12):1732-9.