Significance: Smartphones come with an enormous array of functionality and are being
more widely utilized with specialized attachments in a range of healthcare applications. A …

Micro total analytical systems (μTAS) are attractive to multiple fields that include chemistry,
medicine and engineering due to their portability, low power usage, potential for automation …

The introduction of affordable, consumer-oriented 3-D printers is a milestone in the current
“maker movement,” which has been heralded as the next industrial revolution. Combined …

Cylindrical microlens arrays (CMLAs) play a key role in many optoelectronic devices, and
100% fill-factor CMLAs also have the advantage of improving the signal-to-noise ratio and …

Open source hardware has the potential to revolutionise the way we build scientific
instruments; with the advent of readily available 3D printers, mechanical designs can now …

We present a highly repeatable, lithography-free and mold-free method for fabricating
flexible optical lenses by in situ curing liquid polydimethylsiloxane droplets on a preheated …

Three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroids offer unprecedented capability for drug screening
because of their unique features such as spatial 3D structure, relevant physiological …

Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a non-destructive detection technology involving NIR
spectral data acquisition and chemometric treatment. The use of an NIR spectrometer is …

Optogenetics is a relatively new technology to achieve cell-type specific neuromodulation
with millisecond-scale temporal precision. Optogenetic tools are being developed to …

Three-dimensional (3D) printing of imaging-quality optics has been challenging due to the
tight tolerances on surface shape and roughness. We report on manufacturing such optics …