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Optical Tweezers and Applications
Did you ever imagine that you can use light to move a microscopic plastic bead? Explore the forces on the bead or slow time to see the interaction with the laser's electric field. Use the optical tweezers to manipulate a single strand of DNA and explore the physics of tiny molecular motors. Can you get the DNA completely straight or stop the molecular motor?
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Teaching Resources
Teaching Ideas
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Flow stretching and molecular motors
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Allen Price | UG-Adv UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab |
6/8/13 |
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Flow stretching and DNA extension
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Allen Price | HS UG-Intro |
Lab HW |
6/8/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Arabic, Saudi Arabia | العربية (السعودية) | الملقط | Run Now | |
| Basque | Basque | Pintza Optikoak eta Aplikazioak | Run Now | |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | OPTIČKE PINCETE I APLIKACIJE | Run Now | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Pinças Ópticas e aplicações | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 光学镊子与应用 | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | Optical Tweezers and Applications 光學鑷子及應用 | Run Now | |
| Croatian | hrvatski | Optička pinceta i primjene | Run Now | |
| Danish | Dansk | Optisk klemme og anvendelse | Run Now | |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Optisch pincet (tweezers) en toepassingen van het pincet. | Run Now | |
| French | français | Pinces optiques et applications | Run Now | |
| Georgian | Georgian | ოპტიკური პინცეტები და დანართები | Run Now | |
| German | Deutsch | Optische Pinzetten und Anwendungen | Run Now | |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Οπτικές Λαβίδες και Εφαρμογές | Run Now | |
| Hebrew | עברית | פינצטה אופטית ואפליקציות | Run Now | |
| Hungarian | magyar | Optikai csipesz & alkalmazásai | Run Now | |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Pinset Optik dan Aplikasinya | Run Now | |
| Italian | italiano | Pinze ottiche e applicazioni | Run Now | |
| Japanese | 日本語 | 光ピンセットとその応用 | Run Now | |
| Khmer | Khmer | Optical Tweezers and Applications | Run Now | |
| Korean | 한국어 | 광학 핀셋 | Run Now | |
| Macedonian | македонски | Оптички пинцети и апликации | Run Now | |
| Mongolian | Mongolian | Optical Tweezers and Applications | Run Now | |
| Persian | Persian | موچین نوری و نرم افزار | Run Now | |
| Polish | polski | Optyczna penseta i jej zastosowania | Run Now | |
| Portuguese | português | Pinça Óptica | Run Now | |
| Russian | русский | Оптические пинцеты и их применение | Run Now | |
| Serbian | Српски | ОПТИЧКЕ ПИНЦЕТЕ И АПЛИКАЦИЈЕ | Run Now | |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Optické pinzety a aplikácie | Run Now | |
| Spanish | español | Pinzas Ópticas Y Sus Aplicaciones | Run Now | |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Pinzas Ópticas y Aplicaciones | Run Now | |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Optik Cımbız ve Uygulamaları | Run Now | |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Optiki atagzy | Run Now | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Kẹp quang và ứng dụng | Run Now |
Software Requirements
| Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
| Design Team | Third-party Libraries | Thanks To |
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