The conventional applications of optical tweezers (micromanipulation, force sensor) can be extended to low-index particles, to understand the dynamics of ultrasound contrast microbubbles for targeted molecular imaging.

doi.org/10.1364/fio.2007.jwc12, hdl.handle.net/1765/127066
Organic Materials and Devices for Displays and Energy Conversion, OMD 2007
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Garbin, V., Overvelde, M., Dollet, B., Cojoc, D. (D.), Ferrari, E. (E.), Di Fabrizio, E. (E.), … Versluis, M. (2007). Optical micromanipulation and force spectroscopy of ultrasound contrast microbubbles for targeted molecular imaging. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. doi:10.1364/fio.2007.jwc12