Optical Tweezers – Red Blood Cell Power Induced Rupture

In this movie a crimson blood cell is captured concerning two traps and teared aside working with the ‘Force Spectroscopy’ manner of the NanoTracker™ optical tweezers.
A crimson blood cell is captured working with two independently steerable traps, indicated by the cross-hairs. Thanks to the focal shape of the optical lure the cell is aligned perpendicular to the industry of perspective and its cross portion is seen. Making use of the ‘Force Spectroscopy’ tool of the NanoTracker™ software package the captured cell is elongated. Whereupon the green arrow suggests the path and the distance of the optical traps motion. In the very first 50 % of the motion picture the distance concerning each traps is steadily increased until the moving lure looses get hold of with the cell. For the premier distance the lure stiffness is increased to a amount, where by the utilized forces are substantial plenty of to rupture the crimson blood cell.

To start with the distance of elongation is increased right before in the conclusion the stiffness of the lure is also increased major to a rupture celebration of the crimson blood cell.