The role and importance of mechanical properties of cells and tissues in cellular function,
development and disease has widely been acknowledged, however standard techniques …

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 spectroscopy and imaging are emerging techniques in analytical science,
biophotonics, and biomedicine. They are based on Brillouin light scattering from acoustic …

Several techniques have been developed over the past few decades to assess the
mechanical properties of biological samples, which has fueled a rapid growth in the fields of …

The structure of tumors can be recapitulated as an elastic frame formed by the connected
cytoskeletons of the cells invaded by interstitial and intracellular fluids. The low-frequency …

Cellular biomechanics play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of several diseases.
Unfortunately, current methods to measure biomechanical properties are invasive and …

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 …

We present a unique confocal microscope capable of measuring the Raman and Brillouin
spectra simultaneously from a single spatial location. Raman and Brillouin scattering offer …

Two-dimensional stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy is demonstrated for the first time
using low power continuous-wave lasers tunable around 780 nm. Spontaneous Brillouin …

Amyloidopathy is one of the most prominent hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the
leading cause of dementia worldwide, and is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid …