optical tweezers

optical tweezers is a scientific instrument.

Also recorded as laser tweezers.

Overview

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In detail

instrument using a highly focused laser to provide an attractive or repulsive force (on the order of piconewtons) to hold and move microscopic dielectric objects similar to tweezers

Sources

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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Optical tweezers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1066633: optical tweezers
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