ArticleThe Review of scientific instruments2010
Magnet polepiece design for uniform magnetic force on superparamagnetic beads.
Article in The Review of scientific instruments, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Development of electromagnetic tweezers for single-molecule energetics of kinesin.Biophysics and physicobiology · 2026Article
- Kinesin and Dynein Mechanics: Measurement Methods and Research Applications.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2018Review
- Force-velocity relationship for multiple kinesin motors pulling a magnetic bead.European biophysics journal : EBJ · 2011Article
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Abstract
Here we report construction of a simple electromagnet with novel polepieces which apply a spatially uniform force to superparamagnetic beads in an optical microscope. The wedge-shaped gap was designed to keep partial differential B(x)/ partial differential y constant and B large enough to saturate the bead. We achieved fields of 300-600 mT and constant gradients of 67 T/m over a sample space of 0.5x4 mm(2) in the focal plane of the microscope and 0.05 mm along the microscope optic axis. Within this space the maximum force on a 2.8 microm diameter Dynabead was 12 pN with a spatial variation of approximately 10%. Use of the magnet in a biophysical experiment is illustrated by showing that gliding microtubules propelled by the molecular motor kinesin can be stopped by the force of an attached magnetic bead.
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