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Smolyaninov and Davis' plasmon microscope cited in APS annual review
Smolyaninov, Davis, and their research colleagues are developing a two-dimensional plasmon microscope that is ideal for imaging living cells, and could operate much like a point-and-shoot camera.
The APS news summary stated that Smolyaninov, who was recently named to the Scientific American 50 list, and his colleagues "were able to image tiny objects lying in a plane with spatial resolution much better than diffraction would normally allow." Smolyaninov, Davis, and their research associates are developing a two-dimensional plasmon microscope that is ideal for imaging living cells, and could operate much like a point-and-shoot camera. The team believes they can improve the resolution of their microscope images down to around 10 nanometers. The width of a human hair is approximately 80,000 nanometers.
The technology was previously featured in an APS news article in October 2006.
Published February 5, 2007