Statistical physics in an optically manipulated colloidal particle

Giovanni Volpe

doi:10.1117/12.861383

27 August 2010 Statistical physics in an optically manipulated colloidal particle

Giovanni Volpe

Proceedings Volume 7762, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VII; 776216 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861383
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Optically trapped Brownian particles move under the effect of both the random thermal motion and the deterministic optical forces. They can, therefore, be a very powerful tool to study statistical physics phenomena, relying both on the presence of a natural noisy background and on a finely controllable deterministic force field. Here we will take a closer look to a few of these phenomena and to the insights that optical manipulations techniques have permitted us to gain.

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Giovanni Volpe "Statistical physics in an optically manipulated colloidal particle", Proc. SPIE 7762, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VII, 776216 (27 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861383

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