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Setting a nanoparticle trap

Nature Methods volume 6, page 190 (2009)Cite this article

Researchers developed a hybrid microfluidic–optical trapping device to trap and transport very small nanoparticles and DNA molecules.

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Doerr, A. Setting a nanoparticle trap. Nat Methods 6, 190 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0309-190

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