Materials patterned with high‐aspect‐ratio nanostructures have features on similar length
scales to cellular components. These surfaces are an extreme topography on the cellular …

The field of regenerative medicine spans a wide area of the biomedical landscape—from
single cell culture in laboratories to human whole-organ transplantation. To ensure that …

Raman spectroscopy can be used to measure the chemical composition of a sample, which
can in turn be used to extract biological information. Many materials have characteristic …

The ability to obtain a molecular-level understanding of the chemistry that takes place at
liquid/solid interfaces is key to the development and improvement of many chemical and …

Since the middle of 20 th century infrared (IR) spectroscopy coupled to microscopy (IR
microspectroscopy) has been recognized as a non destructive, label free, highly sensitive …

During the 1960s and 1970s, a first generation of materials was specially developed for use
inside the human body. These developments became the basis for the field of biomaterials …

New technologies such as high-throughput methods and 13C-isotopologue-profiling
analysis are beginning to provide us with insight into the in vivo metabolism of …

Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy is a nonlinear optical imaging method for
visualizing chemical content based on molecular vibrational bonds. Featuring high speed …

Raman spectroscopy has been recognized to be a powerful tool to study cells and tissues
because the method provides molecular information without external markers such as stains …

Infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopy are emerging biophotonic tools to recognize various
diseases. The current review gives an overview of the experimental techniques, data …