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US 2010/0301234 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Controlling Objects
AssigneeUniversity of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAristide Dogariu, Kiminogu Sugaya, Gabriel Biener
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling an object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to irradiating the object with polarized electromagnetic radiation for a duration of time sufficient to effect a physical change with the object.
Claims24
A method for controlling an object, the method comprising:
- irradiating the object with polarized electromagnetic radiation for a duration of time sufficient to effect a physical change with the object.
A method for controlling a living cell, the method comprising:
- irradiating the cell with a broad field of linearly polarized light having substantially no intensity gradient to apply an optical torque on the cell, the linearly polarized light having a selected direction of polarization;
- and
- maintaining the irradiation of the cell with the polarized light for a duration of time sufficient to cause filaments of the cell to align with the direction of polarization.
A system for controlling an object, the system comprising:
- a source of electromagnetic radiation;
- and
- a polarizing element that is configurable to selectively polarize the electromagnetic radiation in a manner that imparts an intended physical effect on an object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.