Optical imaging represents one of the most essential tools in biological studies. Although
with great advances, bio-optical imaging still suffers from problems such as resolution …

Gold nanoparticles have been used in biomedical applications since their first colloidal
syntheses more than three centuries ago. However, over the past two decades, their …

This review describes the growing partnership between super-resolution imaging and
plasmonics, by describing the various ways in which the two topics mutually benefit one …

In his 1665 treatise, Micrographia, Robert Hooke described the many observations he had
made using a microscope, including compartment-like structures in cork samples that he …

Nanoparticle carriers are effective drug delivery vehicles. Along with other design
parameters including size, composition, and surface charge, particle shape strongly …

Most cancer patients die from metastasis. Recent studies have shown that gold
nanoparticles (AuNPs) can slow down the migration/invasion speed of cancer cells and …

Functional nanomaterials have recently attracted strong interest from the biology community,
not only as potential drug delivery vehicles or diagnostic tools, but also as optical …

Multiple imaging modalities are often required for in vivo imaging applications that require
both high probe sensitivity and excellent spatial and temporal resolution. In particular, MR …

The complete three-dimensional orientations of single gold nanorods (AuNR) were
successfully resolved by using a standard optical darkfield microscope through deciphering …

Collagen fibrils, linear arrangements of collagen monomers, 20–500 nm in diameter,
comprising hundreds of molecules in their cross-section, are the fundamental structural unit …