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On the birefringence of healthy and malaria-infected red blood cells
Aditya K. Dharmadhikari, Himanish Basu, Jayashree A. Dharmadhikari +2
We have probed how the birefringence of a healthy red blood cell (RBC) changes as it becomes infected by a malarial parasite. By analyzing the polarization properties of light tran…
Effect of intense, ultrashort laser pulses on DNA plasmids in their native state: strand breakages induced by {\it in-situ} electrons and radicals
J. S. D'Souza, J. A. Dharmadhikari, A. K. Dharmadhikari +2
Single strand breaks are induced in DNA plasmids, pBR322 and pUC19, in aqueous media exposed to strong fields generated using ultrashort laser pulses (820 nm wavelength, 45 fs puls…
Euler buckling in red blood cells: An optically driven biological micromotor
A. Ghosh, Supurna Sinha, J. A. Dharmadhikari +5
We investigate the physics of an optically-driven micromotor of biological origin. A single, live red blood cell, when placed in an optical trap folds into a rod-like shape. If the…