A model of stereocilia adaptation based on single molecule mechanical studies of myosin I. by Batters, C, Wallace, M, Coluccio, L, Molloy, J

“…We have used an optical tweezers-based apparatus to perform single molecule mechanical experiments using the unconventional myosins, Myo1b and Myo1c. …”

Geometry-induced electrostatic trapping of nanometric objects in a fluid. by Krishnan, M, Mojarad, N, Kukura, P, Sandoghdar, V

“…Many sophisticated methodologies have been developed to counter the randomizing effect of Brownian motion in solution, but stable trapping of nanometre-sized objects remains challenging. Optical tweezers are widely used traps, but require sufficiently polarizable objects and thus are unable to manipulate small macromolecules. …”

Nanoscopy and multidimensional optical fluorescence microscopy / by Diaspro, Alberto, 1959-

Role of Bending Energy and Knot Chirality in Knot Distribution and Their Effective Interaction along Stretched Semiflexible Polymers by Saeed Najafi, Rudolf Podgornik, Raffaello Potestio, Luca Tubiana

“…Specifically, we consider an idealization of a typical optical tweezers experiment and show how the bending rigidity of the chain—And consequently its persistence length—Influences the distribution of the entanglements; possibly more importantly, we observe and report how the relative chirality of the otherwise identical knots substantially modifies their interaction. …”
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Coupled spherical-cavities by Stanislav Kreps, Vladimir Shuvayev, Mark Douvidzon, Baheej Bathish, Tom Lenkiewicz Abudi, Amirreza Ghaznavi, Jie Xu, Yang Lin, Lev Deych, Tal Carmon

“…Unlike previous studies, we do not use stems to hold spheres in their positions relying, instead, on optical tweezers to maintain desired structures. The modes of the coupled resonators are excited using a tapered fiber and are observed as resonances with a quality factor as high as 107. …”
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Opto-fluidically multiplexed assembly and micro-robotics by Elena Erben, Weida Liao, Antonio Minopoli, Nicola Maghelli, Eric Lauga, Moritz Kreysing

“…Abstract Techniques for high-definition micromanipulations, such as optical tweezers, hold substantial interest across a wide range of disciplines. …”
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Generating Bessel-Gaussian Beams with Controlled Axial Intensity Distribution by Nikita Stsepuro, Pavel Nosov, Maxim Galkin, George Krasin, Michael Kovalev, Sergey Kudryashov

“…It is expected that the research results will have practical application in optical tweezers, imaging systems, as well as laser technologies using high-power radiation.…”
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Classical and Quantum Gases on a Semiregular Mesh by Davide De Gregorio, Santi Prestipino

“…We argue that a quantum system of the kind described here can be realized with programmable holographic optical tweezers.…”
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Pushing nanoparticles with light — A femtonewton resolved measurement of optical scattering forces by C. Zensen, N. Villadsen, F. Winterer, S. R. Keiding, T. Lohmüller

“…We obtain a resolution of less than 3 femtonewtons which is an order of magnitude smaller than any measurement of switchable forces performed on nanoparticles in solution with single beam optical tweezers to date. We compared the results of the force measurement with Mie simulations of the optical scattering force on a gold nanoparticle and found good agreement between experiment and theory within a few fN.…”
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Spatial coherence control and analysis via micromirror-based mixed-state ptychography by Ruslan Röhrich, A Femius Koenderink, Stefan Witte, Lars Loetgering

“…Flexible and fast control of the phase and amplitude of coherent light, enabled by digital micromirror devices (DMDs) and spatial light modulators, has been a driving force for recent advances in optical tweezers, nonlinear microscopy, and wavefront shaping. …”
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Failure of Debye-Hückel Screening in Low-Charge Colloidal Suspensions by Franceska Waggett, Mohamad Danial Shafiq, Paul Bartlett

“…By measuring the force between individual charged particles at dilute electrolyte concentrations (<mM) using optical tweezers, we tested experimentally the prediction κ − 1 = λ D in a nonpolar solvent. …”
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Optical Force of Bessel Pincer Light-Sheets Beam on a Dielectric Sphere of Arbitrary Size by Shu Zhang, Bing Wei, Qun Wei, Renxian Li, Shiguo Chen, Ningning Song

“…However, the beam scaling parameter and beam order of Bessel pincer light sheets beam have a very sharp impact on the convergence position, distribution range and bending degree far away from the wave source of the radiation force. Single-beam optical tweezers using the self-focusing and self-bending Bessel pincer light-sheets beam are crucial for applications such as single molecule biophysics, optical manipulation and particle separation/clearing.…”
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Dynamically programmable surfaces for high-speed optical modulation and detection by Peng, Cheng, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Parallel Implementation of High-Fidelity Multiqubit Gates with Neutral Atoms by Levine, Harry, Keesling, Alexander, Semeghini, Giulia, Omran, Ahmed, Wang, Tout T, Ebadi, Sepehr, Bernien, Hannes, Greiner, Markus, Vuletić, Vladan, Pichler, Hannes, Lukin, Mikhail D

“…The gates are mediated by excitation to strongly interacting Rydberg states and are implemented in parallel on several clusters of atoms in a one-dimensional array of optical tweezers. Specifically, we realize the controlled-phase gate, enacted by a novel, fast protocol involving only global coupling of two qubits to Rydberg states. …”
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Observer based adaptive control for optical manipulation of cell by Cheah, Chien Chern, Li, X.

“…The dynamics of the robotic manipulator of the laser source is introduced in the optical tweezers system, so that a closed-loop control method is formulated and solved, and a backstepping approach is used to derive a control input for the manipulator. …”
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Effect of temperature and nucleotide on the binding of BiP chaperone to a protein substrate by Rivera, M, Burgos-Bravo, F, Engelberger, F, Asor, R, Lagos-Espinoza, MIA, Figueroa, M, Kukura, P, Ramírez-Sarmiento, CA, Baez, M, Smith, SB, Wilson, CAM

“…Here we study BiP's binding to its substrate at the single molecule level using thermo-regulated optical tweezers which allows us to mechanically unfold the client protein and explore the effect of temperature and different nucleotides on BiP binding. …”

Tension induces a base-paired overstretched DNA conformation. by Bosaeus, N, El-Sagheer, A, Brown, T, Smith, S, Akerman, B, Bustamante, C, Nordén, B

“…Here, we resolve this controversy by using optical tweezers to extend small 60-64 bp single DNA duplex molecules whose base content can be designed at will. …”

Combining single-molecule manipulation and peptide nucleic acid binding studies for unraveling how RNA structures regulate ribosomal frameshifting and alternative splicing by Yang, Lixia

“…Here, we combined single-molecule manipulation using optical tweezers and peptide nucleic acids binding studies to unravel the biophysical properties of model RNA hairpins and disease-related RNA structures, and their correlations with minus-one ribosomal frameshifting and pre-mRNA alternative splicing activities. …”
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Investigation of metal ion binding biomolecules one molecule at a time by Micaela de la Torre, Adam Pomorski

“…In this review we focus on single molecule methods, such as single molecule FRET, nanopores and optical tweezers that are used to study metal ion binding biomolecules. …”
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Optically driven microtools with an antibody‐immobilised surface for on‐site cell assembly by Shuntaro Mori, Takumi Ito, Hidekuni Takao, Fusao Shimokawa, Kyohei Terao

“…The microtool containing antibodies for CD51/61 and CD44 proteins was manipulated using optical tweezers to capture HeLa cells placed on a microfluidic device. …”
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