Optical Tweezers and Applications

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Did you ever imagine that you can use light to move a microscopic plastic bead? Explore the forces on the bead or slow time to see the interaction with the laser's electric field. Use the optical tweezers to manipulate a single strand of DNA and explore the physics of tiny molecular motors. Can you get the DNA completely straight or stop the molecular motor?

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Flow stretching and molecular motors	Allen Price	UG-Intro UG-Adv HS	HW Lab	Biology Physics
Flow stretching and DNA extension	Allen Price	UG-Intro HS	HW Lab	Biology
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MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	HS MS	Other	Physics Biology Chemistry

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