title: [Applications of optical tweezers and microspheres for the micromanipulation of biomolecules and cells].
abstract: We present the principle of optical tweezers, allowing to trap and to apply controlled forces to micrometric beads, and we discuss a panel of applications for the micromanipulation of biomolecules and of living cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de biorhéologie et hydrodynamique physico-chimique, UMR 7057 et fédération de recherche Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Paris. frgallet@ccr.jussieu.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gallet
mesh_terms: D003584:Cytological Techniques; D008863:Microspheres; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D055095:Optics and Photonics