Physics · Optics
Based on the text, what is one advantage of attaching nano-sized glass beads to particles when using optical tweezers? Optical tweezers are specialized scientific tools - particularly useful in biology and medicine - that use high-powered beams of light to trap and manipulate minuscule particles for study. Use of the tool has led to several scientific and medical breakthroughs over the last few decades, but the particles are often under prolonged exposure to t he intense heat of the light beams. To overcome the risk of overheating, and thereby damage, researchers sometimes attach nano-sized glass beads t o the target particles to absorb or dissipate the heat energy safely.
- 1It makes minuscule particles visible under basic optical microscopes.
- 2It eliminates the need for using high-powered light beams completely.
- 3It allows the light beams to become significantly more powerful.
- 4It protects the target particles from being damaged by intense heat.✓
Correct answer
It protects the target particles from being damaged by intense heat.
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