Multiple optical trapping and binding: new routes to self-assembly
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0953-4075,1361-6455
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/43/10/102001