Main description:

This book summarizes the latest advances in nanophotonics for biomedical applications, including biomolecular sensing and imaging, additive fabrications, and biophotonics. The engineering of nanophotonics will have significant impacts on the life sciences and medicine alike. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers, scientists, engineers, and graduate students in the fields of biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, materials sciences, optics, biology, and medicine.

Contents:

Photonic crystals for biomolecule sensing applications.- Recent advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance for biosensing applications and future prospects.- Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering for biology and medicine.- Nanophotonic techniques for single cell analysis.- Biointerface Characterization by Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy.- Chemiluminescence and its biomedical applications.- Luminescent Conjugated Polymer Dots for Biomedical Applications.- Dark-Field Hyperspectral Imaging (DF-HSI) Modalities for Characterization of Single Molecule and Cellular Processes.- Additive Manufacturing Technologies based on Photopolymerization.