The long-dreamed-of capability of monitoring the molecular machinery in living systems has
not been realized yet, mainly due to the technical limitations of current sensing technologies …

Advances of analytical methods and emerging microfluidic tools have made it possible to
investigate biological processes in living organisms in detail and reach sensitivities sufficient …

Temperature influences the activities of living organisms at various levels. Cells not only
detect environmental temperature changes through their unique temperature-sensitive …

In 2003, we successfully created the first fluorescent polymeric thermometer by combining a
thermo-responsive polymer and an environment-sensitive (polarity and hydrogen bonding …

Over the past decades, microfluidic devices based on many advanced techniques have
aroused widespread attention in the fields of chemical, biological, and analytical …

Micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (M/NEMS), especially micro/nanomechanical
resonators, provide an unprecedented platform for investigating a wide range of applications …

The removal of material, selectively or non-selectively, from the surface of glasses by using
acidic, caustic, or abrasive chemicals is referred to as glass etching. Wet and dry etchings …

INTRODUCTION Nano-optomechanical systems (NOMS) are very small resonating
mechanical devices that have extraordinary sensitivity. The coupling of mechanical motion …

Temperature is an important factor in the process of life, as thermal energy transfer
participates in all biological events in organisms. Due to technical limitations, there is still a …

Calorimetry has been widely used in metabolic studies, but direct measurements from
individual small biological model organisms such as C. elegans or isolated single cells have …