Brillouin microscopy: an emerging tool for mechanobiology

R Prevedel, A Diz-Muñoz, G Ruocco, G Antonacci - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
The role and importance of mechanical properties of cells and tissues in cellular function,
development and disease has widely been acknowledged, however standard techniques …

Recent progress and current opinions in Brillouin microscopy for life science applications

G Antonacci, T Beck, A Bilenca, J Czarske… - Biophysical …, 2020 - Springer
Many important biological functions and processes are reflected in cell and tissue
mechanical properties such as elasticity and viscosity. However, current techniques used for …

Brillouin light scattering: applications in biomedical sciences

F Palombo, D Fioretto - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Brillouin spectroscopy and imaging are emerging techniques in analytical science,
biophotonics, and biomedicine. They are based on Brillouin light scattering from acoustic …

Mechanobiology of the brain in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

CM Hall, E Moeendarbary… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Just as the epigenome, the proteome and the electrophysiological properties of a cell
influence its function, so too do its intrinsic mechanical properties and its extrinsic …

High-performance versatile setup for simultaneous Brillouin-Raman microspectroscopy

F Scarponi, S Mattana, S Corezzi, S Caponi, L Comez… - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
Brillouin and Raman scattering spectroscopy are established techniques for the
nondestructive contactless and label-free readout of mechanical, chemical, and structural …

Non-contact mechanical and chemical analysis of single living cells by microspectroscopic techniques

S Mattana, M Mattarelli, L Urbanelli, K Sagini… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Innovative label-free microspectroscopy, which can simultaneously collect Brillouin and
Raman signals, is used to characterize the viscoelastic properties and chemical composition …

Seeing cells in a new light: a renaissance of Brillouin spectroscopy

Z Meng, AJ Traverso, CW Ballmann… - Advances in Optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Over the years, light scattering from acoustic waves has grown to be increasingly important
in the fields of biology and medicine. This type of scattering, known as Brillouin scattering …

Correlative all-optical quantification of mass density and mechanics of subcellular compartments with fluorescence specificity

R Schlüßler, K Kim, M Nötzel, A Taubenberger… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Quantitative measurements of physical parameters become increasingly important for
understanding biological processes. Brillouin microscopy (BM) has recently emerged as one …

Stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopic imaging

CW Ballmann, JV Thompson, AJ Traverso, Z Meng… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Two-dimensional stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy is demonstrated for the first time
using low power continuous-wave lasers tunable around 780 nm. Spontaneous Brillouin …

Impulsive brillouin microscopy

CW Ballmann, Z Meng, AJ Traverso, MO Scully… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Brillouin scattering has been emerging as a viable tool for microscopy. However, most of the
work done has been with the use of spontaneous Brillouin scattering, which has several …