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Optical manipulation of rod-shaped bacteria and adhesive cellular clusters with novel “tug-of-war” optical tweezers

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Abstract

We design a new type of “tug-of-war” optical tweezers with lateral pulling forces and demonstrate full control of rod-shaped and asymmetric bacteria, including breaking up adhesive cellular clusters inhabiting aqueous media.

© 2014 Optical Society of America

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