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Meanings of laser tweezers in English

Russian
лазерные щипцы
Portuguese
pinça óptica
Spanish
pinza óptica
Catalan
pinces òptiques
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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.

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        лазерные щипцы
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        Examples for "optical tweezers"
        Examples for "optical tweezers"
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        The tool used for such operations are known as optical tweezers.
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        2
        Like the optical tweezers, these short pulses can also be used to observe microscopic processes.
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        3
        We use optical tweezers to trap particles in solution.
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        4
        He developed optical tweezers in 1970, while he was a scientist working at Bell Labs.
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        5
        Here we use optical tweezers to track microtubule polymerization against microfabricated barriers, permitting unprecedented spatial resolution.
        Pubmed
        Usage of laser tweezers in English
        1
        However, conventional laser tweezers and traps rely on bulk optics and are not compatible with current trends in optofluidic miniaturization.
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