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Brownian motion is typically considered an inescapable attribute of small particles in free solution. This random jiggling often impedes or prohibits optical studies of the behavior of nanometer-sized objects, such as single biomolecules, because such objects quickly diffuse away from the observation region. The rate of diffusion increases with decreasing particle size, so the window of opportunity for measuring small particles is very short. Anti-Brownian traps address this challenge by partially suppressing Brownian motion: the position of a single particle is monitored, and active feedback is used to apply forces that directly counteract the observed displacements. This process confines the particle to a small region of interest (ROI), enabling extended study without surface attachment or encapsulation, both of which could perturb the particle’s behavior. A powerful single-molecule method, anti-Brownian traps have been used to...
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Squires, A.H., Cohen, A.E., Moerner, W.E. (2018). Anti-Brownian Traps. In: Roberts, G., Watts, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35943-9_486-1
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