2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011
Laser-driven accelerated growth of dendritic patterns
H. Basu, K. M. Kolwankar, A. K. Dharmadhikari +4
We report a scheme for very significantly accelerating growth of dendritic patterns in diverse liquids, making use of only a few hundred microwatts of laser power in the presence o…
physics.bio-ph2005
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…