Natural biopolymers, a class of materials extracted from renewable sources, is garnering
interest due to growing concerns over environmental safety; biopolymers have the …

In this article, we present an overview of aperture and apertureless type scanning near-field
optical microscopy (SNOM) techniques that have been developed, with a focus on three …

Ambitions to reach atomic resolution with light have been a major force in shaping nano-
optics, whereby a central challenge is achieving highly localized optical fields. A promising …

Many of the biological functions of a cell are dictated by the intricate motion of proteins within
its membrane over a spatial range of nanometres to tens of micrometres and time intervals of …

Our ability to optically interrogate nanoscopic objects is controlled by the difference between
their extinction cross sections and the diffraction-limited area to which light can be confined …

We obtain the ultimate quantum limit for estimating the transverse separation of two thermal
point sources using a given imaging system with limited spatial bandwidth. We show via the …

Microsphere‐assisted imaging has emerged as an extraordinary simple technique of
obtaining optical super‐resolution. This work addresses two central problems in developing …

Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) has become a powerful tool in life
sciences. Particularly cryo‐CLEM, the combination of fluorescence cryo‐microscopy (cryo …

Abstract pH-sensitive fluorescent proteins (FPs) are highly advantageous for the non-
invasive monitoring of exocytosis events. Superecliptic pHluorin (SEP), a green pH-sensitive …

Microplastic (MP) pollution in the environment is increasing, leading to growing concerns
about human exposures and the subsequent impact on health. Although marine MP …