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This website introduces the concept of an optical tweezer, a laser trap used to manipulate objects as small as single molecules. This site lists several applications of optical tweezers and explains their application in molecular biology. Diagrams and links provide further information.
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Title = {Physics in Action: Optical Tweezers},
Publisher = {American Physical Society},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {12 July 2025},
Month = {July 16, 2007},
Year = {2007}
}
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