Optical Manipulation of Cells: Strategies and Devices
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B:Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2018) | Viewed by 27821
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fluorescence imaging; photonics; microfluidics; biophotonics; optical manipulation of cells; lab on a chip
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Interests: femtosecond laser micromachining; integrated optics; optofluidics; lab on a chip
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the first demonstration of an optical trap in 1970, optical manipulation has been used in several applications; thus, evolving from an interesting research topic to a widely-used tool, above all in the biological field. The momentum transfer resulting from light scattering from objects in the micrometer scale allows the manipulation of microscopic samples, such as cells. In particular, the ability to isolate, rotate, sort and analyse single cells without contact allowed unravelling the heterogeneity present even in nominally homogeneous populations of cells. Optical traps can be easily combined with different analysis techniques like for example imaging for detailed single cell inspection or can be exploited to probe single cell mechanical properties. Moreover, the synergy between optical forces and microfluidics is enabling the development of integrated devices where large amounts of cells can be analyzed without any damage to the sample. Accordingly, this Special Issue aims to highlight the latest achievements in the optical manipulation of cells. It looks for research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on novel strategies and techniques for the manipulation of single cells and new routes for its implementation in integrated platforms.
Dr. Francesca Bragheri
Dr. Rebeca Martínez Vázquez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Optical manipulation
- Optical forces
- Single cell analysis
- Lab-on-chip
- Integrated optical trap