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The Optical Trapping Applications topical meeting will encompass technologies related to the trapping and manipulation of micro- and nanoscopic particles. The technology for micromanipulation continues apace and is increasingly being used for real applications, spanning biology, imaging and soft condensed matter and forms practical components in a wide range of emerging technologies, such as plasmonics and microfluidics. In addition optical trapping is now being proposed, and indeed being used, for probing the quantum limits of microscopic systems, and is being developed as a ultrasensitive test of aspects of Brownian motion and a means to measure extremely small forces. This conference aims to encompass all aspects of modern trapping techniques and their applications, and will extend beyond optical techniques to take in complementary technologies in the form of sonic and electrostatic trapping.
Papers are being considered in the following topic categories:
- The technology and basic science of trapping techniques: optical, sonic, electrostatic and optofluidic
- The applications of trapping technologies for the manipulation of microscopic and nanoscopic particles
- Plasmonic trapping
- Integration with microfluidic systems
- Integration with imaging systems
- New results in cell and molecular biology making use of trapping
- Fundamental applications: Brownian motion, quantum limited sensing, ultraprecision measurments
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General Chairs
Carlos Lopez-Mariscal, US Naval Res. Lab., USA
David McGloin, Univ. of Dundee, UK
A number of distinguished invited speakers have been invited to present at the meeting.
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This event is part of the Optics in Life Sciences Congress, allowing attendees to access to all meetings within the Congress for the price of one and to collaborate on topics of mutual interest.
