optical tweezers
Americannoun
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These "optical tweezers" keep drifting aerosols suspended long enough to study them.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 24, 2025
As in the case of optical tweezers, the electron spins can be shuttled around the device to bring them next to others on demand.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023
His breakthrough, reported in a 1970 paper that was published despite initial skepticism from Bell Labs, marked the first step toward the creation of optical tweezers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2020
Dr Ashkin developed a laser technique described as optical tweezers, which is used to study biological systems.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2018
Among other things, optical tweezers can keep a tiny organism swimming in place while scientists study its paddling flagella under a microscope.
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