Amplifying molecular voices: metasurface-enhanced infrared photothermal microscopy and tomography for ultrasensitive chemical analysis

Chao Zuo; Qian Chen

doi:10.1117/1.AP.7.5.050501

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 5, 050501(2025)

Amplifying molecular voices: metasurface-enhanced infrared photothermal microscopy and tomography for ultrasensitive chemical analysis

Chao Zuo^1,2,3、* and Qian Chen^2,3

Author Affiliations

¹Nanjing University of Science and Technology, School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Smart Computational Imaging Laboratory (SCILab), Nanjing, China

²Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Visual Sensing & Intelligent Perception, Nanjing, China

³State Key Laboratory of Extreme Environment Optoelectronic Dynamic Measurement Technology and Instrument, Taiyuan, China

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