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ReviewScience advances2021

Bond-selective imaging by optically sensing the mid-infrared photothermal effect.

Yeran Bai, Jiaze Yin, Ji-Xin Cheng

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Review in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Closing the Loop: High-Precision 3D Photofabrication in Living Tissues.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  4. Review
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  7. Self-cleaning hierarchical thermal cloak.Nature communications · 2026
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  8. Bond-Selective Imaging at the Frontier of Biomedicine.Chemical & biomedical imaging · 2025
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  9. Review
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  13. Single-Molecule Vibrational Thermometry.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2025
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  14. Ludwig-Soret microscopy with the vibrational photothermal effect.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  16. Review
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  18. Mid-Infrared Energy Deposition Spectroscopy.Physical review letters · 2025
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  20. On-Chip Metamaterial-Enhanced Mid-Infrared Photodetectors with Built-In Encryption Features.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Article

10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yeran BaiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7550-6821
Jiaze YinDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6080-3073
Ji-Xin ChengDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. jxcheng@bu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5607-6683

Funding

Vibrational Spectroscopic Imaging to Unveil Hidden Signatures in Living SystemsR35GM136223 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI CHENG, JI-XIN · 2020 to 2025
$5.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mid-infrared (IR) spectroscopic imaging using inherent vibrational contrast has been broadly used as a powerful analytical tool for sample identification and characterization. However, the low spatial resolution and large water absorption associated with the long IR wavelengths hinder its applications to study subcellular features in living systems. Recently developed mid-infrared photothermal (MIP) microscopy overcomes these limitations by probing the IR absorption-induced photothermal effect using a visible light. MIP microscopy yields submicrometer spatial resolution with high spectral fidelity and reduced water background. In this review, we categorize different photothermal contrast mechanisms and discuss instrumentations for scanning and widefield MIP microscope configurations. We highlight a broad range of applications from life science to materials. We further provide future perspective and potential venues in MIP microscopy field.

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PMID33990332
PMCPMC8121423

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