The defense took place in PJ, Institutionen för fysik, Origovägen 6b, Göteborg, at 13:00.
Title: Advanced and Autonomous Applications of Optical Tweezers
Abstract: Optical tweezers have become a central tool, using lasers to manipulate and probe objects with exceptional precision enabling single-molecule, single-cell, and single-particle studies. However, this precision comes at the cost of throughput.
By developing a fully autonomous system we can adress this limitation of optical tweezers. The system is capable of perfoming multiple different experiments independently and of operating for over 10 hours continously. Using the same system we also investigate particle adsorption into liquid-liquid interfaces revealing never before seen dynamics.
These developments help optical tweezers by bridging the gap between single-molecule, cell or particle studies and ensemble measurements, enabling the application of deep learning for advanced modeling and unlocking the potential of optical tweezers for large, data-driven studies.
Thesis: https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/87446?show=full
Supervisor: Giovanni Volpe
Examiner: Raimund Feifel
Opponent: Borja Ibarra
Committee: Dag Hanstorp, Timo Betz, Kristine Berg-Sørensen
Alternate board member: Paolo Vinai