Plasmonic tweezers: for nanoscale optical trapping and beyond

Y Zhang, C Min, X Dou, X Wang, HP Urbach… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Axonal transport: cargo-specific mechanisms of motility and regulation

S Maday, AE Twelvetrees, AJ Moughamian… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Axonal transport is essential for neuronal function, and many neurodevelopmental and
neurodegenerative diseases result from mutations in the axonal transport machinery …

TRAK adaptors regulate the recruitment and activation of dynein and kinesin in mitochondrial transport

JT Canty, A Hensley, M Aslan, A Jack… - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondrial transport along microtubules is mediated by Miro1 and TRAK adaptors that
recruit kinesin-1 and dynein-dynactin. To understand how these opposing motors are …

Non-contact long-range magnetic stimulation of mechanosensitive ion channels in freely moving animals

J Lee, W Shin, Y Lim, J Kim, WR Kim, H Kim, JH Lee… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Among physical stimulation modalities, magnetism has clear advantages, such as deep
penetration and untethered interventions in biological subjects. However, some of the …

[HTML][HTML] Probing the stochastic, motor-driven properties of the cytoplasm using force spectrum microscopy

M Guo, AJ Ehrlicher, MH Jensen, M Renz, JR Moore… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Molecular motors in cells typically produce highly directed motion; however, the aggregate,
incoherent effect of all active processes also creates randomly fluctuating forces, which drive …

Single-molecule force spectroscopy: optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopy

KC Neuman, A Nagy - Nature methods, 2008 - nature.com
Single-molecule force spectroscopy has emerged as a powerful tool to investigate the forces
and motions associated with biological molecules and enzymatic activity. The most common …

Microtubule polymerization dynamics

A Desai, TJ Mitchison - Annual review of cell and …, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The polymerization dynamics of microtubules are central to their biological
functions. Polymerization dynamics allow microtubules to adopt spatial arrangements that …

Optical trapping

KC Neuman, SM Block - Review of scientific instruments, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Since their invention just over 20 years ago, optical traps have emerged as a powerful tool
with broad-reaching applications in biology and physics. Capabilities have evolved from …

Optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles using lasers

A Ashkin - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
The techniques of optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles by lasers provide
unique means to control the dynamics of small particles. These new experimental methods …

Brownian motors: noisy transport far from equilibrium

P Reimann - Physics reports, 2002 - Elsevier
Transport phenomena in spatially periodic systems far from thermal equilibrium are
considered. The main emphasis is put on directed transport in so-called Brownian motors …