Highly birefringent vaterite microspheres: production, characterization and applications for optical micromanipulation

This paper reports on a simple synthesis and characterization of highly birefringent vaterite microspheres, which are composed of 20-30 nm sized nanocrystalls. Scanning electron microscopy shows a quite disordered assembly of nanocrystals within the microspheres. However, using optical tweezers, the...

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Published in:	Optics express Vol. 17; no. 24; pp. 21944 - 21955
Main Authors:	Parkin, Simon J, Vogel, Robert, Persson, Martin, Funk, Maren, Loke, Vincent L Y, Nieminen, Timo A, Heckenberg, Norman R, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 23-11-2009
Subjects:	Anisotropy AQUEOUS-SOLUTION Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics Atom- och molekylfysik och optik Birefringence CACO3 CALCIUM-CARBONATE CRYSTAL-GROWTH Equipment Design FORCE HYDROPHILIC BLOCK-COPOLYMERS KINETICS Lasers MICROPARTICLES Microscopy, Electron, Scanning - methods Microscopy, Electron, Transmission - methods Microspheres Nanoparticles Nanotechnology - methods Optics and Photonics Particle Size PRECIPITATION TWEEZERS X-Ray Diffraction
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