<? pag\vskip-16pt?> Harnessing linear and angular momenta of light is one of the
cornerstones in modern optics and has found tremendous applications in optical circuits …

Since the invention of optical tweezers, optical manipulation has advanced significantly in
scientific areas such as atomic physics, optics and biological science. Especially in the past …

These guidelines are a consensus work of a considerable number of members of the
immunology and flow cytometry community. They provide the theory and key practical …

From a technical point of view a flow cytometer is a light detection device capable of
detecting photons of different wavelengths over a high dynamic range. In order to achieve a …

Accurate and high throughput cell sorting is a critical enabling technology in molecular and
cellular biology, biotechnology, and medicine. While conventional methods can provide high …

Several biomedical analyses are performed on particular types of cells present in body
samples or using functionalized microparticles. Success in such analyses depends on the …

The recent introduction of surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology onto lab-on-a-chip
platforms has opened a new frontier in microfluidics. The advantages provided by such SAW …

Manipulating fluids at varying length scales and understanding their underlying mechanisms
are significant for interdisciplinary studies of physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering; …

Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. Similarly, no two cells in a
genetically identical group are the same. This heterogeneity at the single-cell level has been …