"Optical Tweezers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A technique that uses LASERS to trap, image, and manipulate small objects (biomolecules, supramolecular assembles, DENDRIMERS) in three dimensional space. (From Glossary of Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Terms, 4th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D052898
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Optical Tweezers- Optical Tweezers
- Optical Tweezer
- Tweezer, Optical
- Tweezers, Optical
- Optical Trapping
- Trapping, Optical
- Laser Tweezers
- Laser Tweezer
- Tweezer, Laser
- Tweezers, Laser
- Optical Trap
- Optical Traps
- Trap, Optical
- Traps, Optical
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