Techniques such as micropipette aspiration, atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, or tweezers exploiting optical, optoelectronic, magnetic, and acoustic principles offer unique insights and ...

The micropipette was invented in 1957 at University of Marburg, Germany by postdoc Heinrich Schnitger. Frustrated by repetitive pipetting of small volumes using glass micropipettes, Schnitger ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. One key tool for studying how physical forces affect cells is the micropipette aspirator, a tiny glass pipette that applies pressure on a section ...