Accession Number:

AD1023964

Title:

Democratization of Nanoscale Imaging and Sensing Tools Using Photonics

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University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles United States

Report Date:

2015-06-12

Abstract:

Providing means for researchers and citizen scientists in the developing world to perform advanced measurements with nanoscale precision can help to accelerate the rate of discovery and invention as well as improve higher education and the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers world-wide. Here we review some of the recent progress toward making optical nanoscale measurement tools more cost-effective, field-portable, and accessible to a significantly larger group of researchers and educators. We divide our review into two main sections label-based nanoscale imaging and sensing tools, which primarily involve fluorescent approaches, and label-free nanoscale measurement tools, which include light scattering sensors, interferometric methods, photonic crystal sensors, and plasmonic sensors. For each of these areas, we have primarily focused on approaches that have either demonstrated operation outside of a traditional laboratory setting, including for example integration with mobile phones, or exhibit the potential for such operation in the near future.

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Journal Article

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Analytical Chemistry , 87, 13, 01 Jan 0001, 01 Jan 0001, Open Access: Article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permitscopying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.

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0015

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Approved For Public Release;

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9.64MB

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