Raman spectroscopy is an increasingly popular technique in many areas, including biology
and medicine. It is based on Raman scattering, a phenomenon in which incident photons …

Blood is a bodily fluid that is vital for a number of life functions in animals. To a first
approximation, blood is a mildly alkaline aqueous fluid (plasma) in which a large number of …

One of the most exciting developments in Raman spectroscopy in the last decade has been
its application to cells and tissues for diagnostic and pharmaceutical applications, and in …

The molecular exciton model has received its mostextensive development and application in
the field ofmolecular crystals1• 2• More recently, numerous applications to non-crystalline …

SERS spectra of whole human blood, blood plasma, and red blood cells on Au nanoparticle
SiO2 substrates excited at 785 nm have been observed. For the sample preparation …

Resonance Raman spectra of oxygenated and deoxygenated functional erythrocytes
recorded using 785 nm laser excitation are presented. The high-quality spectra show a …

Application of modern and innovative spectroscopic and microscopic approaches to
biomedical analysis opens new horizons and sheds new light on many unexplored scientific …

Knowing the time since deposition (TSD) of an evidentiary bloodstain is highly desired in
forensics, yet it can be extremely complicated to accurately determine in practice. Although …

There is an increasing need for noninvasive methods that are able to monitor individual live
cells in vitro, including in vitro testing of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, monitoring the …

We present a microfluidic approach that allows simultaneous interrogation of RBC
properties in physiological flow conditions at a single cell level. With this method, we studied …