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ArticleACS nano2013

Toward single-molecule microscopy on a smart phone.

Saumyakanti Khatua, Michel Orrit

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Article in ACS nano, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Saumyakanti KhatuaLeiden Institute of Physics, Universiteit Leiden , 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Michel Orrit

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thanks to fluorescence, single nano-objects down to individual fluorophores can now be imaged in optical microscopes. Fluorescence imaging is still restricted to laboratory facilities as it usually involves expensive and bulky instrumentation. A report by Wei et al. in this issue of ACS Nano, however, shows that a sensitive, cost-effective, and portable device can be developed to image individual nano-objects as small as large viruses. This work opens the fascinating prospects of single-molecule microscopy and spectroscopy on a smart phone. We speculate on the possible applications of such a portable imaging device and on the perspectives it may open in different fields of science and technology.

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Cell PhoneNanoparticlesCytomegalovirusMicroscopy, Fluorescence

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PMID24112048

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