Cell Viability in Optical Tweezers: A Mini-Review
Herbert Schneckenburger
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Aalen University, Germany
Paper #3521 received 6 Sep 2022; revised manuscript received 13 Dec 2022; accepted for publication 14 Dec 2022; published online 21 Dec 2022.
DOI: 10.18287/JBPE22.08.040510
Abstract
Optical tweezers are based on a transfer of momentum from laser photons to a transparent particle and are often applied to hold, move or manipulate single living cells. This paper discusses up to which light dose irradiance can be regarded as non-phototoxic, summarizes some possible applications, and describes experimental setups, which might fulfil these requirements.
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