Title :
Optical manipulation of rod-shaped bacteria and adhesive cellular clusters with novel “tug-of-war” optical tweezers
Author :
Bezryadina, Anna ; Keith, John ; Chen, Jiann-Jong ; Zhigang Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
We design a new type of “tug-of-war” optical tweezers with lateral pulling forces and demonstrate full control of rod-shaped and asymmetric bacteria, including breaking up adhesive cellular clusters inhabiting aqueous media.
Keywords :
biocontrol; biological techniques; cellular biophysics; microorganisms; optical design techniques; radiation pressure; adhesive cellular clusters; aqueous media; asymmetric bacteria; lateral pulling forces; optical manipulation; rod-shaped bacteria; tug-of-war optical tweezers; Biomedical optical imaging; Charge carrier processes; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser beams; Microorganisms; Nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
