Mechanical stimuli have rather ambiguous and less‐specific features among various
physical stimuli, but most materials exhibit a certain level of responses upon mechanical …

Optical tweezers allow precise measurement of forces and distances with piconewton and
nanometer precision, and have thus been instrumental in elucidating the mechanistic details …

Multiple biological and pathological processes, such as signaling, cell–cell communication,
and infection by various viruses, occur at the plasma membrane. The eukaryotic plasma …

The manipulation of molecules placed in close proximity to a liquid is crucial for
understanding their interactions, as in the study of antibiotics against bacteria. This can, in …

In recent years, optical tweezers have become a novel tool for biodetection, and to improve
the inefficiency of a single trap, the development of multitraps is required. Herein, we …

Vital biological processes, such as trafficking, sensing, and motility, are facilitated by cellular
lipid membranes, which interact mechanically with surrounding fluids. Such lipid …

Micromanipulation is a powerful technique to measure the mechanical properties of
microparticles including microcapsules. For microparticles with a homogenous structure …

Coexistence of lipid domains in cell membranes is associated with vital biological
processes. Here, we investigate two such membranes: a multi-component membrane …

The membrane of cells and organelles are highly deformable fluid interfaces, and can take
on a multitude of shapes. One distinctive and particularly interesting property of biological …

The role of force application in immune cell recognition is now well established, the force
being transmitted between the actin cytoskeleton to the anchoring ligands through receptors …