Photolysis of caged compounds is a powerful tool for studying subcellular physiological functions. Here we describe protocols for the alignment and calibration of a focal uncaging system. We also ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The drawbacks of existing measures for calibrating scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) based on various diffraction gratings and periodic ...

Such alignment is critical for chip-scale devices that employ the radiation emitted by quantum dots to store and transmit quantum information. For the first time, the NIST researchers achieved this ...

Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed standards and calibrations for optical microscopes that allow quantum dots to be aligned ...

This simple point-and-shoot Raman Microscope provides faster access to Raman data. The Thermo Scientific™ DXR3 Raman Microscope has DynaCal Automatic X-axis Calibration, eliminating manual calibration ...

Accurate alignment of quantum dots with photonic components is critical for extracting the radiation emitted by the dots. In this illustration, a quantum dot centered in the optical “hotspot” of a ...

Current calibration methods rely on artificially constructed DNA structures or specific cellular features, each with significant drawbacks. DNA-based rulers require complex chemical synthesis and only ...

Implementing dimpling technologies, materials science sample preparation for TEM is now an established practice. A crucial component of this procedure is the capacity to precisely calibrate the ...

New work enables optical microscopes to measure these nanometer-scale details with a new level of accuracy. Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that the optical microscope can be ...

Accurate alignment of quantum dots with photonic components is critical for extracting the radiation emitted by the dots. In this illustration, a quantum dot centered in the optical "hotspot" of a ...