This movie depicts the reversible transition from a 2D membrane to a 1D twisted ribbon by the application of a stretching force imparted by optical tweezers. The diameter of the unstretched membrane is ~10microns. More information can be found in the reference:
T.Gibaud, et.al. NATURE, 2012
https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10769.html
Dogic Lab website:
https://www.brandeis.edu/departments/physics/complexfluids/dogic/index.html
Post time: Jul-06-2017