Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for biology and medicine, 46(5), p. 9085-9101
DOI: 10.1039/c7tb01921a
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Optical trapping has been evidence as a very powerful tool for the manipulation and study of biological entities. This review explains the main concepts regarding the use of optical trapping for biosensing, focusing its attention to those applications involving the manipulation of particles which are used as handles, force transducers and sensors.