Dynamics of composite beads in optical tweezers and their application to study of HIV cell entry

In this thesis, we report a novel symmetry breaking system in single-beam optical trap. The breaking of symmetry is observed in Brownian dynamics of a linked pair of beads with substantially differing radii (500nm and 100nm). Such composite beads were originally conceived as a manipulation means to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beranek, Vaclav
Other Authors: Zhu, Cheng
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54024