optical tweezers
instrument using a highly focused laser to provide an attractive or repulsive force (on the order of piconewtons) to hold and move microscopic dielectric objects similar to tweezers
en-GB/ˈɒptɪkəl ˈtwiːzəz/
en-US/ˈɑptɪkəl tˈwizɚz/
instrument using a highly focused laser to provide an attractive or repulsive force (on the order of piconewtons) to hold and move microscopic dielectric objects similar to tweezers