How to Design for Stability in Biophysical Micro- and Nanopositioning Applications

Biophysics applications from fluorescence microassays to single-molecule microscopy are increasingly dependent on automated nanoscale position control and stabilities. A whirlwind of motion-industry innovation has resulted in an array of new motion options offering significant opportunities for application performance and throughput. The challenge to leverage these developments depends on a common language of specifications and a shared understanding of the challenges posed by application needs between researcher or engineer and motion vendor. For example, single-molecule biophysics applications present some of the steepest challenges for motion control and can benefit from recently-introduced motion technologies, but there is a real risk of limiting application capability if there is either inadequate understanding of the application on the part of the vendor or inadequate appreciation of commercial specsmanship on the part of the researcher or engineer.












Full article by S.C. Jordan and P.C. Anthony
http://www.bentham.org/cpb/sample/cpb10-5/0008G%5B1%5D.pdf