About the Authors
- Andrew E. Ekpenyong
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Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Graeme Whyte
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Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Kevin Chalut
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Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Stefano Pagliara
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Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Franziska Lautenschläger
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Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Christine Fiddler
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's and Papworth Hospitals, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Stephan Paschke
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Ulrich F. Keyser
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Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Edwin R. Chilvers
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's and Papworth Hospitals, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jochen Guck
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* E-mail: jochen.guck@biotec.tu-dresden.de
Affiliations Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Competing Interests
Jochen Guck holds the following patents on the optical stretcher technology as pertinent to this publication: “Optical Stretcher” U.S. (#6,067,859), EU (#1,059,871), Canada (#2,322,212), Japan (#4,456,270), Hong Kong (#1,032,726). At present, the patents are not licensed to any commercial entity and no financial gains through royalties, consultancy, employment or otherwise are derived from them. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AEE FL UFK ERC JG. Performed the experiments: AEE GW KC SP FL CF. Analyzed the data: AEE GW KC SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEE GW KC SP CF UFK ERC JG. Wrote the paper: AEE GW JG.