: OPTICAL TOOLS MANIPULATED BY OPTICAL TRAPS

Application 266/KOLNP/2004 published 2006-04-07, filed 2004-02-27
Micrometer and nanometer-sized tools (69), referred to as MOTS and NOTS, respectively, are manipulated in the illumination (71) of an optical trap (70) and are able to alter the physical, chemical or electronic structure or orientation of a work piece (68). (FIG. 27)

Applicant

ARRYX, INC.
316 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601, U.S.A

Inventor

1) GRUBER, Lewis, 2) BRADLEY, Kenneth

International Info

Classification: B29D 11/00, H05H 3/04
Publication Number: WO 03/018299
Application Date: 2002-09-03

Priority Information

60/316,917 U.S.A. 2001-08-31