Our ability to detect, image, and quantify nanoscopic objects and molecules with visible light
has undergone dramatic improvements over the past few decades. While fluorescence has …

Tremendous progress in nanotechnology has enabled advances in the use of luminescent
nanomaterials in imaging, sensing and photonic devices. This translational process relies …

Abstract Characterization of the size and material properties of particles in liquid
suspensions is in very high demand, for example, in the analysis of colloidal samples or of …

Fluorescence microscopy has been the workhorse for investigating optical phenomena at
the nanometer scale but this approach confronts several fundamental limits. As a result …

Optical tweezers are widely used in materials assembly, characterization, biomechanical
force sensing, and the in vivo manipulation of cells and organs. The trapping force has …

The outbreak of life-threatening pandemic like COVID-19 necessitated the development of
novel, rapid and cost-effective techniques that facilitate detection of viruses like SARS-CoV …

Label‐free super‐resolution (LFSR) imaging relies on light‐scattering processes in
nanoscale objects without a need for fluorescent (FL) staining required in super‐resolved FL …

Interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT) is an extremely sensitive imaging method
based on the efficient detection of light scattered by nanoscopic objects. The ability to, at …

Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as
information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a …

Distance measurements are commonly performed by phase detection based on a lock-in
strategy. Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is still striving to perform axial …