Microfluidic systems have great potential to perform complex chemical and biological processing and analysis on a single disposable chip. That goal is now a step closer with the demonstration of an efficient all-optical particle sorter.
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Glückstad, J. Sorting particles with light. Nature Mater 3, 9–10 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1041
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