Manipulation of microspheres and biological cells with multiple agile VCSEL traps

Lei, Lei; Zlatanovic, Sanja; Ozkan, Mihrimah; Birkbeck, Aaron L.; Esener, Sadik C.

doi:10.1016/j.snb.2005.03.050

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“…Since then, laser tweezers have been used to study many aspects of cell behaviour and physiology (Ashkin 1991;Berns 1998;Ozkan et al 2003;Shao et al 2006). In particular, laser tweezers have been used to trap sperm cells to study laser-sperm interactions and quantify sperm motility by measuring sperm swimming forces (Tadir et al 1989(Tadir et al , 1990Araujo et al 1994;Dantas et al 1995;Konig et al 1996;Patrizio et al 2000).…”

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The use of optical tweezers to study sperm competition and motility in primates

Nascimento

Shi

Meyers

et al. 2007

J. R. Soc. Interface.

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Optical trapping is a non-invasive biophysical tool which has been widely applied to study physiological and biomechanical properties of cells. Using laser 'tweezers' in combination with custom-designed computer tracking algorithms, the swimming speeds and the relative swimming forces of individual sperm can be measured in real time. This combination of physical and engineering tools has been used to examine the evolutionary effect of sperm competition in primates. The results demonstrate a correlation between mating type and sperm motility: sperm from polygamous (multi-partner) primate species swim faster and with greater force than sperm from polygynous (single partner) primate species. In addition, sperm swimming force linearly increases with swimming speed for each species, yet the regression relating the two parameters is species specific. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using these tools to study rapidly moving (mm s K1 ) biological cells.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The use of optical tweezers to study sperm competition and motility in primates

Nascimento

Shi

Meyers

et al. 2007

J. R. Soc. Interface.

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“…Additionally, to meet the requirements of small size and high throughput as well as low costs for microchips, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) and array of VCSELs took place in optical tweezers designs. Shao et al developed a microscope-integrated VCSELs array trapping system capable of independent control, rotation, and batch processing of biological cells, which enabled parallel processing of multiple objects [74].…”

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Recent advances in single-cell analysis using capillary electrophoresis and microfluidic devices

Huang

Wang

et al. 2008

Journal of Chromatography B

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“…In recent decades, the optical [ 1 , 2 ], microfluidic [ 3 ], mechanical [ 4 ], magnetic [ 5 ] and electrical fields have been widely applied in controlling micro-/nano-particles, such as trapping, focusing, characterizing, paring and separating particles. The precise control of particles, especially cells, viruses, proteins, DNA molecules and other biological particles, has widespread application prospects in biomedical [ 6 ], bioscience [ 7 ] and other fields [ 8 ].…”

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Dielectrophoresis for Bioparticle Manipulation

Qian

Huang

Chen

et al. 2014

IJMS

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As an ideal method to manipulate biological particles, the dielectrophoresis (DEP) technique has been widely used in clinical diagnosis, disease treatment, drug development, immunoassays, cell sorting, etc. This review summarizes the research in the field of bioparticle manipulation based on DEP techniques. Firstly, the basic principle of DEP and its classical theories are introduced in brief; Secondly, a detailed introduction on the DEP technique used for bioparticle manipulation is presented, in which the applications are classified into five fields: capturing bioparticles to specific regions, focusing bioparticles in the sample, characterizing biomolecular interaction and detecting microorganism, pairing cells for electrofusion and separating different kinds of bioparticles; Thirdly, the effect of DEP on bioparticle viability is analyzed; Finally, the DEP techniques are summarized and future trends in bioparticle manipulation are suggested.

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Manipulation of microspheres and biological cells with multiple agile VCSEL traps

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

The use of optical tweezers to study sperm competition and motility in primates

The use of optical tweezers to study sperm competition and motility in primates

Recent advances in single-cell analysis using capillary electrophoresis and microfluidic devices

Dielectrophoresis for Bioparticle Manipulation

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