Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayers

Optical experimental devices allow to observe and manipulate several micron-sized objects, for instance, condensed phase domains formed in Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface. In this paper, an experimental instrument designed to trap and manipulate those domains is presented. This instrument consists of optical tweezers, colloidal beads as handles and Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) to observe the trapped domains. With this instrument it was possible to trap and observe small domains (20 - 30 μm) of nervonic acid monolayers.

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Main Authors: Gutiérrez-Campos,A., Castillo,R.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Mexicana de Física 2010
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0035-001X2010000400012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0035-001X20100004000122010-11-23Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayersGutiérrez-Campos,A.Castillo,R. Optical trapping optical tweezers Langmuir monolayers Optical experimental devices allow to observe and manipulate several micron-sized objects, for instance, condensed phase domains formed in Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface. In this paper, an experimental instrument designed to trap and manipulate those domains is presented. This instrument consists of optical tweezers, colloidal beads as handles and Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) to observe the trapped domains. With this instrument it was possible to trap and observe small domains (20 - 30 μm) of nervonic acid monolayers.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Mexicana de FísicaRevista mexicana de física v.56 n.4 20102010-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/othertext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0035-001X2010000400012en
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Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayers
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Castillo,R.
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title Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayers
title_short Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayers
title_full Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayers
title_fullStr Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayers
title_full_unstemmed Optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in Langmuir monolayers
title_sort optical trapping of particles at the air/water interface for studies in langmuir monolayers
description Optical experimental devices allow to observe and manipulate several micron-sized objects, for instance, condensed phase domains formed in Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface. In this paper, an experimental instrument designed to trap and manipulate those domains is presented. This instrument consists of optical tweezers, colloidal beads as handles and Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) to observe the trapped domains. With this instrument it was possible to trap and observe small domains (20 - 30 μm) of nervonic acid monolayers.
publisher Sociedad Mexicana de Física
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