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Optical Trapping Applications encompasses all areas of particle manipulation and measurement, from optical manipulation to acoustic trapping, emphasizing new and developing application areas. This meeting covers the whole range of topical particle manipulation technologies currently being developed for studies in biophysics, single molecule, single cell and tissue level analysis, lab-on-a-chip development, optomechanical cooling, environmental monitoring and theoretical underpinnings. Technologies to be considered include optical tweezers and associated techniques, but will try and capture synergies between different trapping and manipulation modalities such as acoustic trapping and electrical trapping with a view to encouraging discussion between different user groups and the development of new hybrid techniques.

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Optical trapping has emerged as an invaluable tool for microscopy with extensive applications across the Life Sciences. OTA encompasses research into all aspects of particle manipulation, from the fundamental physics of particle-field interactions, to advanced application areas in Medicine and Biology. Technologies to be considered include optical tweezers and associated electrical, magnetic and acoustic techniques, with a focus on capturing synergies between different modalities and on novel bio-applications. OTA also covers applications in emerging fields of optofluidics, lab-on-a-chip, nanophotonics, plasmonics, fiber-based manipulation, aerosol analysis and holographic techniques. 1. Optical Manipulation Fundamentals and Technologies · Holographic optical tweezers and beam shaping, adaptive optics techniques · Particle dynamics · Opto-mechanical cooling · Cell stretching · Mircorheology · High force optical tweezers · Photophoresis · Optical trap modelling and theoretical underpinnings · Nanoparticle manipulation · Plasmonic manipulation · Integrated and near-field optical trapping 2. Optical Manipulation Applications · Single molecule biophysics · Cellular mechanics and mechanotransduction · Cellular adhesion · Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics · Nanoscale & quantum sensing · Environmental sensing and aerosol analysis · Laser cellular surgery and photoporation · Optofluidics/microfluidics · Integration with spectroscopic techniques 3. Alternative Particle Manipulation Techniques · Magnetic tweezers · Electrical manipulation: Electrodynamic balance, dielectrophoresis etc · Acoustic manipulation and trapping · Microfluidic manipulation · Optoelectronic Tweezers · AFM applied to techniques studied by optical manipulation
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    Apr 12

    2015

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    Apr 15

    2015

  • Apr 15 2015

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