Investigation of soft matter nanomechanics by atomic force microscopy and optical tweezers: A comprehensive review

A Magazzù, C Marcuello - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soft matter exhibits a multitude of intrinsic physico-chemical attributes. Their mechanical
properties are crucial characteristics to define their performance. In this context, the rigidity of …

Surface plasmonic sensors: Sensing mechanism and recent applications

Q Duan, Y Liu, S Chang, H Chen, J Chen - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surface plasmonic sensors have been widely used in biology, chemistry, and environment
monitoring. These sensors exhibit extraordinary sensitivity based on surface plasmon …

Single-molecule optofluidic microsensor with interface whispering gallery modes

XC Yu, SJ Tang, W Liu, Y Xu, Q Gong… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Label-free sensors are highly desirable for biological analysis and early-stage disease
diagnosis. Optical evanescent sensors have shown extraordinary ability in label-free …

Phase-transition microcavity laser

X Yang, SJ Tang, JW Meng, PJ Zhang, YL Chen… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liquid-crystal microcavity lasers have attracted considerable attention because of their
extraordinary tunability and sensitive response to external stimuli, and because they operate …

High-precision whispering gallery microsensors with ergodic spectra empowered by machine learning

B Duan, H Zou, JH Chen, CH Ma, X Zhao… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Whispering gallery mode (WGM) microcavities provide increasing opportunities for precision
measurement due to their ultrahigh sensitivity, compact size, and fast response. However …

Optical whispering-gallery-mode microbubble sensors

X Zhao, Z Guo, Y Zhou, J Guo, Z Liu, Y Li, M Luo, X Wu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) microbubble resonators are ideal optical sensors due to
their high quality factor, small mode volume, high optical energy density, and …

Ultra-sensitive optical fiber glucose sensor based on in-fiber MZI with vernier effect

Y Zhao, L Li, B Han, W Zheng, X Li… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an ultra-sensitive optical sensor based on vernier effect for glucose
concentration measurement is reported. First of all, the structure of lateral offset single side …

Simultaneous temperature and pressure sensing based on a single optical resonator

Y Wu, B Duan, J Song, H Tian, J Chen, D Yang… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We propose a dual-parameter sensor for the simultaneous detection of temperature and
pressure based on a single packaged microbubble resonator (PMBR). The ultrahigh-quality …

Ultrasensitive, dynamic, and online monitoring photonic sensors for protein conformation

X Zhao, Y Li, Q Wang, M Luo, Y Zhou, Z Guo… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The monitoring of molecular dynamic transition and protein conformation changes is
important for some neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and has attracted much attention due …

Revealing molecular diffusion dynamics in polymer microspheres by optical resonances

J Wang, J Li, S Sun, H Dong, L Wu, E Zhao, F He… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Understanding the diffusion of small molecules in polymer microsystems is of great interest
in diverse fundamental and industrial research. Despite the rapidly advancing optical …