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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Optical tweezers for single cells |
Author: | Zhang, H. Liu, K. |
Citation: | Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2008; 5(24):671-690 |
Publisher: | The Royal Society Publishing |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 1742-5689 1742-5662 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Hu Zhang and Kuo-Kang Liu |
Abstract: | Optical tweezers (OT) have emerged as an essential tool for manipulating single biological cells and performing sophisticated biophysical/biomechanical characterizations. Distinct advantages of using tweezers for these characterizations include non-contact force for cell manipulation, force resolution as accurate as 100 aN and amiability to liquid medium environments. Their wide range of applications, such as transporting foreign materials into single cells, delivering cells to specific locations and sorting cells in microfluidic systems, are reviewed in this article. Recent developments of OT for nanomechanical characterization of various biological cells are discussed in terms of both their theoretical and experimental advancements. The future trends of employing OT in single cells, especially in stem cell delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, are prospected. More importantly, current limitations and future challenges of OT for these new paradigms are also highlighted in this review. |
Keywords: | optical tweezers micromanipulation microfluidic devices cell sorting cellular biomechanics tissue engineering |
DOI: | 10.1098/rsif.2008.0052 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2008.0052 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Chemical Engineering publications |
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