‘Light-shrinking’ layer converts regular microscope to super resolution imager – Optics.org

01 Jun 2021
UC San Diegos method coats microscope slide with metamaterial composed of fine layers of silver and silica.
Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a technology that improves the resolution of an ordinary light microscope so that it can be used to directly observe finer structures and details in living cells.The groups technology turns a conventional light microscope into a super-resolution microscope. It involves a specially engineered material…

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