Covering the key theories, tools, and techniques of this dynamic field, Handbook of
Nanophysics: Principles and Methods elucidates the general theoretical principles and …

Small unilamellar lipid vesicles with diameters down to 50 nm enclosing high refractive
index sucrose cores can be optically trapped individually in three dimensions using a …

In order to investigate the dynamic strength of the interaction between lung surfactant protein
D (SP-D) and different sugars, maltose, mannose, glucose, and galactose, we have used an …

At its most fundamental, chemistry is a quantum mechanical subject. The properties of
molecules and interactions between molecular systems are determined by the solutions of …

Measurements of the electrostatic force with separation between a fixed and an optically
trapped colloidal particle are examined with experiment, simulation and analytical …

We investigate theoretically the dynamics of a colloidal particle, trapped by optical tweezers,
which gradually approaches an attractive surface with a constant velocity until it escapes the …

We study collective escape phenomena in nonlinear chain models. First we investigate the
fragmentation of an overdamped polymer chain due to thermal fluctuations in the absence of …

Optical tweezers are a versatile tool in biophysics and have matured from a tool of
manipulation to a tool of precise measurements. We argue here that the data analysis with …

This work intends to show how the coupled dynamics of a nonlinear polymer chain alters
processes such as thermal fragmentation and force-induced rupture. For that purpose we …

By increasing the axial trap stiffness, we demonstrate an increase of at least 50% in the
maximum lateral trapping force that can be applied using optical tweezers. It has previously …