Optical manipulation of lipid and polymer nanotubes with optical tweezers

Joseph E. Reiner; Rani Kishore; Candace Pfefferkorn; Jeffrey Wells; Kristian Helmerson; Peter Howell; Wyatt Vreeland; Samuel Forry; Laurie Locascio; Darwin Reyes-Hernandez; Michael Gaitan

doi:10.1117/12.584265

18 October 2004 Optical manipulation of lipid and polymer nanotubes with optical tweezers

Joseph E. Reiner, Rani Kishore, Candace Pfefferkorn, Jeffrey Wells, Kristian Helmerson, Peter Howell, Wyatt Vreeland, Samuel Forry, Laurie Locascio, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Michael Gaitan

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Proceedings Volume 5514, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.584265
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Using optical tweezers and microfluidics, we stretch either the lipid or polymer membranes of liposomes or polymersomes, respectively, into long nanotubes. The membranes can be grabbed directly with the optical tweezers to produce sub-micron diameter tubes that are several hundred microns in length. We can stretch tubes up to a centimeter in length, limited only by the travel of our microscope stage. We also demonstrate the cross linking of a pulled polymer nanotube.

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Joseph E. Reiner, Rani Kishore, Candace Pfefferkorn, Jeffrey Wells, Kristian Helmerson, Peter Howell, Wyatt Vreeland, Samuel Forry, Laurie Locascio, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, and Michael Gaitan "Optical manipulation of lipid and polymer nanotubes with optical tweezers", Proc. SPIE 5514, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, (18 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.584265

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