Lensing effect in biological samples: application and perspectives

Lisa Miccio; Daniele Pirone; Jaromir Behal; Giusy Giugliano; Michela Schiavo; Vittorio Bianco; Pasquale Memmolo; Pietro Ferraro

doi:10.1117/12.3023188

18 June 2024 Lensing effect in biological samples: application and perspectives

Lisa Miccio, Daniele Pirone, Jaromir Behal, Giusy Giugliano, Michela Schiavo, Vittorio Bianco, Pasquale Memmolo, Pietro Ferraro

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Proceedings Volume 12996, Unconventional Optical Imaging IV; 1299602 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023188
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2024, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

An emerging and developing paradigm in BioPhotonics concerns the Bio-lensing effect, that is, living organism as biological cells or their inner structures can be modeled as pure-phase objects with optical and photonics properties typical of micro-lenses. Nowadays micro-lenses are ubiquitous and a lot of effort is put into developing low-cost and low-impact fabrication processes and for searching smart and biocompatible materials. The lensing effect of different types of cells and sub-cellular compartments has been recently demonstrated generating a great impact. Indeed, the dimensions of biolenses allows to surpass all the issues related to the scaling down of the fabrication processes and, also, their natural origin solves the problem of material compatibility necessary for biomedical applications. Here, we will show the recent achievements based on the bio-lensing properties of different cells and organelles ranging from imaging, super-resolution, cell clustering and lithography.

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Lisa Miccio, Daniele Pirone, Jaromir Behal, Giusy Giugliano, Michela Schiavo, Vittorio Bianco, Pasquale Memmolo, and Pietro Ferraro "Lensing effect in biological samples: application and perspectives", Proc. SPIE 12996, Unconventional Optical Imaging IV, 1299602 (18 June 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023188

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