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April 19th, 2005
Trapped cells make micromotors
Abstract:
Researchers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India have showed that it is possible to make live Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells rotate while pinned in a laser trap. The energy of a light beam can be used to manipulate and trap cells much like the way wind moves objects a larger scale.
The ultimate goal is to design controllable motored nanomachines, according to the researchers.
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