Polymeric hydrogels are fascinating platforms as 3D scaffolds for tissue repair and delivery
systems of therapeutic molecules and cells. Among others, methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) …

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

Raman and Brillouin scattering are sensitive approaches to detect chemical composition
and mechanical elasticity pathology of cells in cancer development and their medical …

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 …

The process in which locally confined epithelial malignancies progressively evolve into
invasive cancers is often promoted by unjamming, a phase transition from a solid-like to a …

Sensing the mechanical properties of the substrates or the matrix by the cells and the
tissues, the subsequent downstream responses at the cellular, nuclear and epigenetic levels …

Blood plasma viscosity (PV) is an established biomarker for numerous diseases.
Measurement of the shear PV using conventional rheological techniques is, however, time …

Label-free, non-contact imaging with mechanical contrast and optical sectioning is a
substantial challenge in microscopy. Spontaneous Brillouin scattering microscopy meets this …

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 …