The optical microscope has revolutionized biology since at least the 17th Century. Since
then, it has progressed from a largely observational tool to a powerful bioanalytical platform …

The complexation of polyelectrolytes with other oppositely charged structures gives rise to a
great variety of functional materials with potential applications in a wide spectrum of …

Phase imaging microscopy under Gabor regime has been recently reported as an extremely
simple, low cost and compact way to update a standard bright-field microscope with …

Common cameras are only sensitive to the intensity of light, discarding an essential feature
of a light wave: its phase profile or, equivalently, its wavefront profile. This Review focuses …

The utilizations of microfluidic chips for single RBC (red blood cell) studies have attracted
great interests in recent years to filter, trap, analyze, and release single erythrocytes for …

High throughput drug screening is an established approach to investigate tumor biology and
identify therapeutic leads. Traditional platforms use two-dimensional cultures which do not …

In‐flow phase‐contrast tomography provides a 3D refractive index of label‐free cells in
cytometry systems. Its major limitation, as with any quantitative phase imaging approach, is …

Light microscopes are the most widely used devices in life and material sciences that allow
the study of the interaction of light with matter at a resolution better than that of the naked …

Introduction Medical workers commonly physically identify subcutaneous veins to locate a
suitable vesselto implant a catheter for drug administration or blood sample. The general …

Millions of women globally are impacted by the major health problem of breast cancer (BC).
Early detection of BC is critical for successful treatment and improved survival rates. In this …