Magnetic Tweezers - Construction Principle and Physics of Magnetic Tweezers

Construction Principle and Physics of Magnetic Tweezers

A magnetic tweezers apparatus consists of magnetic micro-particles, which can be manipulated with the help of an external magnetic field. The position of the magnetic particles is then determined by a microscopic objective with a camera.

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