The Trustees of Boston University were awarded a $255,850 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a universal optical tweezer platform. The platform will be used to probe nanoscale structure and function of single polymers using force and optical spectroscopy from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds will support the acquisition of equipment to optically trap and manipulate individual polymer molecules at the nanoscale level, applying forces while conducting optical measurements. This will allow researchers to gain new insights into polymer structure-function relationships at the single-molecule level.
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